Memoir: Clinching the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline A former US Caspian energy envoy recalls the ups and downs of getting a key post-Soviet energy export route built. Steven Mann Jan 3, 2024
Memoir | Where is Central Asia, anyway? A former top U.S. diplomat reflects on Central Asia’s identity crisis. Richard Boucher Dec 17, 2021
Memoir | A tale of two cities and many mountains Even in the late 1990s, there were already signs that President Rahmon would ignore the peace accords, writes the former U.S. ambassador. Robert Finn Oct 29, 2021
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
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