Tajikistan Archives

Reassessing the Barriers to Islamic Radicalization in Kazakhstan

July 1, 2015 August 22, 2019 / Monograph, Publications / By SSI Publications

Author: Ms Zhulduz Baizakova, Mr Roger N McDermott Central Asia has been experiencing an increase or activation of radical Islamic movements over the last decade or so. These complex processes include increasing urbanization, institutional and individual corruption, the growing gap between rich and poor, the inability of the state to provide security, corruption in the …

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U.S. Military Engagement with Transcaucasia and Central Asia

June 1, 2000 June 6, 2019 / Book, Publications / By SSI Publications

Author: Dr Stephen J Blank The Clinton administration has proclaimed a strategy to engage and enlarge the democratic community of states. By virtue of their strategic location adjacent to Russia, the Middle East, and Europe s periphery, and their large-scale oil and natural gas deposits, Transcaucasia and Central Asia have become important testing grounds of …

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Opening Pandora’s Box: Ethnicity and Central Asian Militaries

October 1, 1998 June 6, 2019 / Monograph, Publications / By SSI Publications

Author: LTC Dianne L Smith The author examines whether ethnic consciousness affects military service and the specific roles played by ethnic groups within the armed forces, or if military institutions affect ethnicity. The Soviets used military service as a tool to break down ethnicity and create a “New Soviet Man.” They failed. Do Central Asian …

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Breaking Away from the Bear

August 1, 1998 June 6, 2019 / Book, Publications / By SSI Publications

Author: LTC Dianne L Smith Lieutenant Colonel Dianne L. Smith examines the development of post-Soviet Central Asian armed forces, Central Asian efforts to guarantee their national security, and the implications for the United States of this struggle. She cautions that the United States use its influence and its military-to-military contact programs judiciously. This is a …

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