Dec 27, 2020
No country could possibly feel more like "the edge of the known
world" than the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan.
A nation where the president has been in power since '92 and has
ruled the country with an iron fist, amassing a huge amount of
wealth for himself using everything from Aluminum to Heroine; but
things are beginning to change and Dushanbe could very soon be
answering to new masters. Tajikistan is the latest battleground
between Beijing and Moscow, the winner of which is yet to be
decided.
This weeks panel
Peter Leonard (Eurasianet)
John Heathershaw (Exeter University)
Edward Lemon (Oxus Society)
Mathieu Boulegue (Chatham House)
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