In playing up the threat of militant Islam taking hold in Central Asia, the West handed Russia a convenient rationale for asserting its strategic interest in the region. Meanwhile, Russia is reforging old links with former Soviet client states, particularly in the Middle Eastby LOWELL BEZANIS CENTRAL ASIA’S CONNECTION TO THE Islamic faith and the larger Muslim East is a […]
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