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.
both Chinese and Tajik forces./ Alexander Gabuev, 〜said that he and other colleagues were told during a private talk at a governmental think tank in Beijing in 2017 that China’s security presence in Tajikistan extended into the Afghan section of the Wakhan Corridor, the slim finger of(
The probable existence of the installation had already been reported, last March, by the International Crisis Group, 〜a think tank. A researcher for ICG cited officials in the Pamirs and in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, who described the facility as a “joint counter-terrorism centre” housing(
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, (