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Tajikistan: Revolutionary situation or a Resilient state?

12/01/2010 By Anna Mateeva

Since 2008, after the period of relative growth and social stability, the situation in Tajikistan has been steadily deteriorating; thus leading to increased speculation that the country could emerge as a failing state. Given its proximity to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the role it plays in the Northern Distribution Network, a line that funnels military supplies from Europe to NATO ISAF troops in Afghanistan, the ramifications of potential instability in Tajikistan would resonate beyond the country. The current brief assesses to what extent such danger is in fact real by outlining developments in the key areas of economy and security, and examining the regime’s coping capacity to deal with emerging challenges.


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The EU's Central Asia Strategy

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Central Asia and Russia Security State building Tajikistan

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Bio author: Anna Mateeva

Dr Anna Matveeva is a Senior Associate Fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics. She also works as an international consultant on peacebuilding and conflict prevention issues for international organisations including the UN, European Commission and the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).