Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan are the Central Asian states. They are extremely important for several reasons; their state weakness and ethnoreligious make-up make them likely sites for terrorist training camps, they are important for the extraction of oil in some cases domestically (like Kazakhstan) and in others for the construction of pipelines across the country (like Uzbekistan, a country essential for the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceylan pipeline, key to extraction of caspian oil). China and russia are interested in a strategic partnership to reduce the chance of muslim sepratism bein ignited or supported (china worries about uighur sepratists while Russia frets about its tartars). So which way are they gonna go? answers that split the countries east/ west are acceptable, but anyone who wants to get the best answer should probably discuss the impact of us rights talk on these states and the impact of regional organizations in creating long lasting allianc
2006-11-27
09:06:52
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