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One month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it seems clear that Vladimir Putin has overplayed his hand. By underestimating the level of Ukrainian resistance and extent to which the West would coo…

As thousands of Russian boots hit the ground in Ukraine and bombs started decimating cities, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy adorned his military fatigues and with them the respect and admiration of mi…

Ukraine and Russia’s western flank is the first step of an attempt to restore a Russian Empire. Kazakhstan and its Central Asian neighbors look set to come next.When Ukraine appeared to be on the…

The Magnitsky Act must be used to hold Kassym-Jomart Tokayev responsible for his actions against his own people.While the Biden administration and Congress are focused on the war in Ukraine, it i…

By ignoring the democratic regression, Washington is sending dangerous signals to the rest of the region.Things are going in reverse in Thailand, one of the longest standing and most important U…

I have lived, worked and traveled to this region for over two decades. I meet with the Presidents and Ministers in Central Asia.

Nowhere is the growing importance of the dynamic economies in Asia, as well as China’s increasing role on the world stage, better recognized than in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan…

Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs David A. Merkel considers the ways in which the United States can encourage progress in Europe’s eastern neighborhood…

In March 2000, as Russia prepared for the presidential election that would formally establish the successor to the Yeltsin administration