Tajikistan

Situation Reports
October 29, 2008 1339 GMT
August 27, 2008 1409 GMT
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (R) and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (L) on June 8
August 29, 2008 2104 GMT
A deal between Russia and Tajikistan over the use of a Tajik airport suggests Tajikistan might be looking toward Russia as its security guarantor. (With Stratfor maps) [more]
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R)  in 2007 at a counter-terrorism exercise of Shanghai Co
Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including China and Russia, will consider the membership of five new countries on July 25. Which countries they do or do not decide to include will dramatically effect the future of the organization. [more]
Azerbaijani newsstand
The five Central Asian states are debating switching from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet in an attempt to end their relative isolation and loosen their ties to Russia. [more]
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan, one of the largest wheat exporters in the world, is considering reducing or even halting grain exports. This could have unpleasant consequences for the other four Central Asian states. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Indian soldiers load relief goods into an Il-76 transport plane
India has almost completed establishing an airbase in Tajikistan aside from "some technical problems." [more]
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