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Soviet Union breakup
![Asia After the Soviet Union Asia After the Soviet Union](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-29-183855.jpg)
Asia After the Soviet Union
Five experts explore the legacy of the USSR and the impact of its collapse on China, India, Japan, the Koreas, and Vietnam.
![The Soviet Union’s Collapse and Russia’s Colonial Legacy The Soviet Union’s Collapse and Russia’s Colonial Legacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-23_16-15-35.jpg)
The Soviet Union’s Collapse and Russia’s Colonial Legacy
By Catherine Putz
The USSR’s collapse; don’t say ‘colony’; hope for an Uzbek glasnost; and more. Recommended reads.
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Commonwealth of Independent States Gather for Jubilee Summit
By Catherine Putz
Sometimes the jubilee you planned for isn’t the jubilee you get.
![Uzbekistan Gears Up to Celebrate Independence... by Shutting the Kyrgyz Border Uzbekistan Gears Up to Celebrate Independence... by Shutting the Kyrgyz Border](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-21_15-35-40.jpg)
Uzbekistan Gears Up to Celebrate Independence... by Shutting the Kyrgyz Border
By Catherine Putz
Nothing says happy birthday like shutting out the neighbors.
![Pointing to Perestroika: Explaining Social Unrest in Tajikistan Pointing to Perestroika: Explaining Social Unrest in Tajikistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-15_16-45-43.jpg)
Pointing to Perestroika: Explaining Social Unrest in Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
The glasnost–democratization–nationalism argument for unrest in newly-independent Tajikistan leaves out economic factors.
![Can China Fix Central Asia's Soviet Rail Legacy? Can China Fix Central Asia's Soviet Rail Legacy?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-13_16-49-17.jpg)
Can China Fix Central Asia's Soviet Rail Legacy?
By Catherine Putz
Soviet infrastructure linked the region only to Moscow, will Chinese infrastructure start connecting it to the world?
Project Sapphire: 20 Years Later, and Still Relevant
By Dena Sholk
What can be learned from a successful effort to retrieve enriched uranium from Kazakhstan?
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