Longtime President Emomali Rakhmon is facing challenges from inside the country and out.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe
Despite Tashkent's growing independence, the two countries still have reasons to cooperate.
This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.
Despite its domestic concerns about radical Islam, Moscow could establish ties with a prominent Tajik Islamist group.
The region constitutes the world's most fascinating geopolitical experiment.
Moscow is planning to strengthen military and economic partnerships with its key former Soviet satellites.
The first real move toward a rail line linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been made, but many…
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan could face a bleak water future even without the proposed upriver dams.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hope to build new hydropower dams, which could increase tensions with downriver countries.
