But it is unlikely that this would diminish their shared interests and their mutual support for authoritarian regimes in the region. The potential for cooperation remains far greater than the risk of conflict—and Central Asia a place where the Chinese-Russian axis strengthens rather than weakens.
2/19 Analysts contacted by the Post speculated that the troops in Tajikistan “may be paramilitary units under the command of the central military leadership but technically distinct from the People’s Liberation Army.”／ The probable existence of the installation had already been reported, (
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