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In The Media

Taking Stock of Central Asia

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By Martha Brill Olcott
Published on Mar 1, 2003

Source: Carnegie

Originally published in the Journal of International Affairs, Spring 2003, vol.56, no.2.

Full text of the article can be accessed here.

About the Author

Martha Brill Olcott

Former Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program and, Co-director, al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

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