Roger N. McDermott is an Affiliated Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Senior International Fellow, FMSO, Fort Leavenworth, Advisory Scholar, Military Affairs, Centre for Research on Canadian-Russian Relations (CRCR), Georgian College Ontario, Canada, and...

Central Asia, though referred to as a single region, consists of five culturally and ethnically diverse countries that have followed different political and economic transformation paths in the last 25 years since independence from the Soviet Union. After experiencing more than a decade of...

The economic role and prospects of Central Asia are still not fully appreciated by the world. Over the last 20 years, the countries of the region have made significant progress in their development, and have far-reaching growth prospects. The region’s GDP has been increasing at an average rate...