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The World Island: Eurasia’s Re-Emerging Heartland

Why Uzbekistan’s new constitutional referendum was globally significant, and why Central Asia is the key to the emerging global strategic architecture.

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

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The World Island: Eurasia’s Re-Emerging Heartland
The re-birth of Central Asia as a power center: The tomb in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, of Amir Timur — Tamerlane (1336-1405) — and his immediate heirs still attracts those who admire his legendary power. However much the Uzbek people continue to identify with Timur, the realities of today’s Central Asian power framework means that nuance governs the balancing of regional relations with neighbors and the two flanking major powers, the PRC and Russia. Photo by Sultonbek Ikromov / Unsplash

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