No. 200: Putin’s Next Steppe: Central Asia and Geopolitics

Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 200
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

In the five Central Asian republics, the chronic problems that plague the authoritarian regimes in power are meeting a changing geopolitical landscape: Russia after Crimea is ever more prepared to defend its influence, China’s leverage is growing, and attitudes of the West are changing after the partial retreat from Afghanistan. Events like the recent death of Uzbekistan’s president may trigger wider change.

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The Five Central Asian Republics: An Overview