Central Asia commits to military reform

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Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, have vowed to establish national security organs that will protect their sovereignty. Central Asia authorities have realized that their defence ministries, national armed forces and law enforcement agencies that were modelled from Soviet-era structures cannot cope with the security threats they face as independent nations. They label these threats as 'non-traditional' for they include ethnic and religious extremism, terrorism and organized crime.

International politics, National Security, Defense Programs NEC

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Seeking security in Central Asia

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The post-Soviet era in Central Asia is proving to be an unstable one in which Muslim sects have proliferated and crime is rampant. The most far-reaching criminal activity is the narcotics trade, which flourishes in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Drug traffic

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Soviet-era borders contribute to Central Asia's new instability

Article Abstract:

A legacy of the former Soviet Union is the ill-defined borders of the new Central Asian republics. A border-clarification process is being conducted, often by means of treaties with neighboring republics. Inherent problems and tensions in the process are described.

Russia, Influence, Former Soviet Union, Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography)

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