The Impact of Foreign Military Assistance on Central Asia’s Future

April 2, 2014

Promoting Resilience or Repression? Support for Central Asian Security Forces (March 26, 2014)

The role of the Central Asian states in support of International Security Assistance Force military operations in Afghanistan has been crucial, and the regimes have received unprecedented levels of external military assistance over the years.

With the end of operations in Afghanistan, what will the long-term impact of this assistance be? Has foreign military assistance left local armed forces more capable of withstanding external threats, or merely provided them with new means to suppress internal dissent?

Above, listen to a recent panel on the topic featuring Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, author of the working paper External Support for Central Asian Military and Security Forces, a joint publication of the Open Society Foundations and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

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The Impact of Foreign Military Assistance on Central Asia’s Future

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Is Judicial Independence Finally Coming to Kyrgyzstan?

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Central Asia at History’s Crossroads

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