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Eurasia Security Watch: No. 320

May 27, 2014

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Libyan National Army"

attacks parliament in Tripoli;

Iraqis go to the polls;

169 Brotherhood supporters acquitted in Egypt;

Jordan to deploy forces to Syrian border;

New evidence of chem weapons use in Syria  

What Crimea Teaches Central Asia

May 26, 2014 Stephen Blank The Diplomat

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called Russia’s invasion, occupation and annexation of the Crimean peninsula. along with its incitement of a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. a game-changer. One region where this description could possess particular resonance is Central Asia. All Central Asian governments have considerable reasons for alarm in the wake of Russia’s actions and the supine Western response. In this context, Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Duma of March 18, 2014 represented a landmine under the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all five Central Asian states with the threat of Russian military action should they somehow threaten the dignity and honor of Russians who are citizens in their states.