by Lowell Bezanis IN THE WEST, NATO MEMBER TURKEY IS ASSOciated with efforts to prevent politicized Islam, under Iranian tutelage, from gaining a foothold in Central Asia. But the perceived battle between Turks and Iranians for the souls of Central Asians is more myth than reality. Iran has not established more than a toehold in the region, because strict and […]

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