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Central Asia

A Quiet Peace in the Caucasus Could Change the Balance of Power

COLUMN/THE BLUF: A momentous event is happening that is receiving little fanfare in the U.S. but could have major long-term implications for regional [...] More

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OSINT Global Trendline Report

OSINT Global Trendline Report

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More

Terrorism Trends in Tajikistan

Bottom Line Up Front: On May 19, 2019, a prison riot in Vakhdat, Tajikistan, left 29 people dead, including supporters of the so-called Islamic [...] More

Geopolitical Implications of the Political Transition in Kazakhstan

Bottom Line Up Front: On 19 March in a surprise move, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned during a public television [...] More

Uzbekistan’s Shifting Foreign Policy

Bottom Line Up FrontUzbekistan’s renewed domestic and foreign policies have largely been welcomed by the international community.The geopolitical [...] More

Terrorism Trends in Central Asia

Bottom Line Up FrontDespite being well-known for producing high numbers of foreign fighters, Central Asian countries, especially Uzbekistan and [...] More

Uzbekistan After Karimov: Examining External Influences

The funeral for Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s president since the country’s independence in 1991, took place over the weekend. With no apparent [...] More