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Striking a Delicate Balance: The Foreign Policy Strategies of the Central Asian Republics

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Energy Security in Central Asia in a Multi-Polar World: An Overview

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Political Islam in Central Asia: On the Trail of Hizb ut-Tahrir

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Political Transition in the Muslim Caucasus: Azerbaijan’s post-Soviet Development between Yesterday and Tomorrow

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Demography and Patronage. The Dynamics of the Youth Bulge in Kyrgyzstan

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Uzbekistan: A Successful Authoritarian Economy Assistant

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Interreligious and Intercultural Challenges Facing the Ethnic Germans of Kazakhstan: An Overview

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A Short History of Muslims and Islam in Central Tibet