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Small State Foreign Policy in Central Asia The Cases of
Small State Foreign Policy in Central Asia: The Cases of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan

This article examines and compares the foreign policy preferences of three small states in Central Asia, namely...

Monday, December 19, 2022

Potential of Organization of Turkic States in the International System
Potential of Organization of Turkic States in the International System: Promises and Vulnerabilities

This article examines the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in the context of the complex geopolitical landscape of...

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Uzbek-Turkish Strategic Partnership in the Context of Geopolitical Turbulence in
Uzbek-Turkish Strategic Partnership in the Context of Geopolitical Turbulence in Central Asia

Central Asia has long captured the attention of global and regional powers due to its abundant natural resources,...

Friday, December 29, 2023

The Organization of Turkic States and Postcolonialism in Central Asia
The Organization of Turkic States and Postcolonialism in Central Asia: Possible Contributions, Prospects, and Limitations

This paper explores the Organization of Turkic States’ (OTS) support in aiding Central Asian republics to address their...

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Understanding Eurasia in Multiple Perspectives
Understanding Eurasia in Multiple Perspectives

The three works reviewed in this article address Eurasia in different periods and different areas of concentration. Each...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Start Small and Think Big to Rebuild the U S
Start Small and Think Big to Rebuild the U.S.-Turkey Relationship

The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship has been key to the success of NATO and the transatlantic community. However, due...

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Building States and Markets Enterprise Development in Central Asia
Building States and Markets, Enterprise Development in Central Asia

Gül Berna Özcan’s Building States and Markets: Enterprise Development in Central Asia is a welcome addition to the...

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Sovereignty After Empire Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia
Sovereignty After Empire: Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia

The demise of empires left a powerful and perplexing legacy for successor states in the Middle East and Central Asia....

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Lost Enlightenment Central Asia s Golden Age from the Arab
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

Furthermore, while Central Asia’s urban centers were, as Starr illustrates, already occupied with science to a certain...

Monday, July 10, 2017


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