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ISIS in Central Asia

May 24, 2017
Kazakhstan Considers Revoking Terrorists’ Citizenship
By Catherine Putz
If passed, a range of crimes, from joining a terrorist group to separatism, could be grounds to lose citizenship.

April 18, 2017
Is Tajikistan’s Most Famous Militant Gulmurod Khalimov Dead?
By Catherine Putz
Reports say that he was killed in an airstrike on Mosul over the weekend, but he's been declared dead before.

January 17, 2017
New Year’s Nightclub Attacker Caught in Istanbul
By Catherine Putz
Turkish authorities say Abdulgadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen, confessed after being captured.

January 10, 2017
The Central Asian Women on the Frontline of Jihad
By Uran Botobekov
While ISIS draws in men to fight, it draws women to serve, marry, and remarry.

December 01, 2016
ISIS Uses Central Asians for Suicide Missions
By Uran Botobekov
As ISIS comes under pressure in Mosul, Central Asian fighters find themselves trapped.

September 20, 2016
Central Asian Children Cast as ISIS Executioners
By Uran Botobekov
ISIS often features Central Asia’s children in its propaganda videos, labeling them “Cubs of the Caliphate.”

July 08, 2016
Is Central Asia Ready to Face ISIS?
By Uran Botobekov
Central Asian governments, which often conflate extremism and dissent, are unprepared for the risk they face.

May 19, 2016
Has Iran Finally Found a Security Partner in Central Asia?
By Samuel Ramani
Warming security ties between Iran and Turkmenistan could have long-lasting implications.

May 17, 2016
ISIS and Central Asia: A Shifting Recruiting Strategy
By Uran Botobekov
The region’s leaders must ask themselves if they are ready to deal with new threats tailored to recruit the discontented.

May 13, 2016
Diplomatic Access: Kyrgyzstan
By Diplomatic Access
Kyrgyz Ambassador Toktogulov on Central Asian security, Kyrgyz-U.S. relations, and Kyrgyzstan's democracy.

April 27, 2016
Just How Many ISIS Fighters Are There in Afghanistan?
By Casey Michel
Estimates from Moscow’s special envoy to Kabul are a constantly changing thing.

December 12, 2015
How to Quit the Kazakh Media Game
By Catherine Putz
Russia vs Turkey and Uzbekistan’s co-opting of the ISIS threat; weekend reads.
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