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Central Asia: Brookings Conference

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 @ 22:26 UTC

by Nathan Hamm

Countries:: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Topics:: International Relations

Both neweurasia and Registan.net report on the Brookings Institution's conference earlier this week on regional cooperation and integration in Central Asia.

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