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The Central Asian political landscape yields few signs of an impending storm in the near term. The absence of threats to the status quo, however, does not mean that it is accept- able or that it represents a stable political equilibrium in the region. Leadership succession in Central Asia bears watching for several reasons:

  • as a precedent-setting process, it will provide the key missing element for the emerging political structures of the Central Asian states
  • the tenure of the next generation will either make up for the shortcomings of its predecessors or aggravate them
  • in the event of the latter, the stage will be set in Central Asia for more radical changes that could reverberate far beyond remote regional boundaries.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

12-2003

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Central Asian Leadership Succession: When, Not If

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