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By Sending Migrants to Ukraine, the Kremlin is Damaging Ties With Central Asia

By continuing to rely on Russia’s ethnic minorities and foreign labor migrants to do its dirty work in Ukraine, the Kremlin is inadvertently damaging ties to its former colonies.

· March 31, 2023
Russia and Central Asia: Never Closer, or Drifting Apart?

Moscow had every opportunity to make the Central Asian nations gravitate toward it of their own accord. Yet now Russian soft power in Central Asia is dissipating before our eyes.

· December 23, 2022
Russian Draft Dodgers Find a Mixed Reception in Central Asia

Concerns and public resentment over the influx of Russians cannot be seen any other way than through the prism of the long colonial history between the Central Asian states and the Russian (and later Soviet) empire.

· October 19, 2022
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Global Lessons for Tunisia’s Stalled Transition

One year ago, Tunisian President Kais Saied’s self-coup put the country’s democratic transition in jeopardy. Carnegie experts examine the key aspects of Tunisia’s stalled transition through a comparative lens, both with other countries’ transitions and Tunisia’s own sectoral changes over time.

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The Common Theme in Central Asia’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

The region is dependent on Russia but wary of endorsing Moscow’s actions.

· March 30, 2022
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Central Asian Countries Now Have Two Big Worries About Russia

Despite close economic ties with Russia, not a single Central Asian country has endorsed President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.

· March 2, 2022