Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Azerbaijan’s Security and U.S. Interests: Time for a Reassessment
...Azerbaijan’s importance to U.S. interests has waned in recent years despite the fact that the country, including the wider Caucasus region, has risen in importance while the challenges have...
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U.S. Midterm Elections: So, What’s New?
...anger and frustration of voters may have led the Democrats to lose their majority in the House of Representatives, but in foreign and security policy it could well give rise...
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Russia’s Police Reform – Medvedev’s Test?
...President Dimitry Medvedev has made police reform in Russia one of his largest and most important reform projects. The police reform could be seen as a part of the...
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U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan: Domestic Pressures on U.S.-China Relations
...The United Sates Department of Defense announced on January 6 the approval for a new agreement to sell arms to Taiwan including missiles and submarines. In response, on January...
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Uzbekistan’s New Face
...Uzbekistan, long considered the center of Central Asia, has the region’s largest population and borders every other regional state including Afghanistan. For the first 25 years of its independence,...
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The Long Game on the Silk Road: U.S. and EU Strategy for Central Asia and the Caucasus
...This book argues that American and European policies toward Central Asia and the Caucasus suffer from both conceptual and structural impediments. It traces the framework of Western policies to...
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How the U.S. Promotes Extremism in the Name of Religious Freedom
...On July 26, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback as U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom. The position was created by...
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Putin’s Grand Strategy: The Eurasian Union and Its Discontents
...Bringing together a group of leading American and European experts, this is the first book-length study of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s effort to create a Eurasian Union. The book...