Russian-speakers in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Between a Fifth Column and a Resource for Decolonization
Author: Maksim Baidak
Vice President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy in Central Asia
Russia’s policy toward the countries of post-Soviet Central Asia (PSCA) is defined through...
The New Monroe Doctrine and the Future of Post-Soviet Central Asia
By the Analytical Group of the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy in Central Asia (FDDCA)
The approval by President Donald Trump of a new...
Kazakhstan Between Decolonization and the Threat of Russian Revanchism
By the Analytical Group of the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy in Central Asia (FDDCA)
Kazakhstan is the largest country in post-Soviet Central Asia...
Why the West Benefits from the Modernization of Post-Soviet Central Asia: Risks of Stagnation and a Strategy for Renewal in a New Geopolitical Reality
By the Analytical Group of the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy in Central Asia (FDDCA)
West–Central Asia: A Changing Agenda
For many years, democratic opposition...
Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Potential of Turkmenistan: Implementation, Constraints, and Pathways for Realization
Author: Maksim Baidak
Vice President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy in Central Asia
Turkmenistan occupies a geographic position and possesses a combination of geoeconomic and...
Tajikistan and the Turkic World: From Symbolic Nationalism to a Coherent National Strategy
By the Analytical Group of the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy in Central Asia (FDDCA)
Over three decades of uninterrupted rule by President Emomali...
