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Search | 8 Articles

Ordway Nazarbayev

Memoir | Thirty years of Kazakhstan: A prelude to an epilogue

A former American ambassador to Kazakhstan examines lessons learned since first visiting the country weeks after independence.
John Ordway Mar 11, 2022
Niyazov dancing

Memoir | Diplomacy in Ashgabat in the 1990s

The former U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan discusses lessons learned and missed opportunities in the early years of independence.
Michael Cotter Feb 11, 2022
Putin, Nazarbayev and Hu

Memoir | Where is Central Asia, anyway?

A former top U.S. diplomat reflects on Central Asia’s identity crisis.
Richard Boucher Dec 17, 2021
Toasting the initialing of the Karshi-Khanabad agreement in Tashkent (Courtesy photo)

Memoir | 9/11 shifted the world. In Central Asia, diplomatic frenzy ensued

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.
Richard E. Hoagland Sep 10, 2021
Ashgabat Hotel – a.k.a. Turkmenistan’s Plaza – in better days. (Tumbler)

Memoir | Turkmenistan vignettes 1992-95

While encouraging educational exchanges and agricultural innovation, Washington's first ambassador to Turkmenistan found government suspicion overwhelming.
Joseph S. Hulings III Sep 3, 2021
Rumsfeld and Rahmonov

Memoir | 9/11: The American discovery of Tajikistan

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.
Franklin P. Huddle, Jr. Aug 27, 2021
Niyazov and Mann

Memoir | In the Court of Turkmenbashi

The former U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan describes close interactions with a paranoid and shortsighted dictator.
Steven Mann Aug 20, 2021
Turkmenbashi getting a bath

Memoir | On the coast of Bohemia: The U.S. and Central Asia in the early 1990s

What did America have to offer the Central Asian states at their independence? A senior diplomat reflects on programing assistance to support development, rather than squabbling elites.
Thomas W. Simons, Jr. Jun 17, 2020
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