Martha Brill Olcott
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War on Terrorism in Central Asia and the Cause of Democratic Reform
Source: Carnegie
Originally published in Demokratizatsiya, the Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 2003
Full text of the article can be accessed here.
About the Author
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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Recent Work
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