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Ethnic Uzbek refugees cross the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border on their way back to Kyrgyzstan near the village on June 18, 2010. (Viktor Drachev /AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyzstan: A Cautionary Tale for Revolutions

Philip Shishkin asks Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva to reflect on her country’s tumultuous decade. more
President Barack Obama shakes hands at a bilateral meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Rosa Otunbaeva on September 24, 2010 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/POOL/Getty Images)

America's War With Itself in Central Asia

Contradictory U.S. policies in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are diminishing America's influence in a strategically crucial part of the world. more

Rivers of Ice

Rivers of Ice showcases the work of photographer and mountaineer David Breashears, who has retraced the steps of photographers of the past century to recapture images of these mountains and their glaciers from exactly the same vantage point more

Music of the Silk Roads

Like religion, music readily spreads beyond its land of origin because people bring their music with them when they travel. more
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven (2001)

Ahmed Rashid on Militant Islam in Central Asia

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