Publication

6 Mar 2020

The RAD issue focuses on Russia's relations with three Central Asian Republics. First, Rico Issacs examines the implications of Nazarbayev’s decision to step down as president for Kazakhstan's policy towards Russia. Second, Edward Lemon and Bradley Jardine consider Russia’s growing unease about China's expanding security cooperation with Tajikistan as it could challenge Moscow's role as Dushanbe’s security guarantor. Third, Luca Anceschi assesses Russo-Turkmen relations, highlighting how these ties are shifting as energy cooperation wanes and security cooperation regarding Afghanistan is increasing.

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Author Rico Isaacs, Edward Lemon, Bradley Jardine, Luca Anceschi, (Series Editors: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-​Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov)
Series Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Copyright © 2020 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen
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