Bøger af Lena Jonson

Examines Tajikistan's search for a foreign policy in the post 9/11 environment. This book shows the internal contradictions of a country in every sense at the crossroads, reconciling its bloody past with an uncertain future. It assesses the impact of regional developments on the reform movement in Tajikistan.

President Vladimir Putin's consent after September 11th to the deployment of Western forces in Central Asia and to the US military's use of Central Asian airfields during the US-led operations in Afghanistan represented a dramatic turn in Russian Central Asian policy.