U.S.-Tajikistan relations

Regional cooperation and security were the top-line items of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells’ recent trek to Tajikistan.

Counternarcotics assistance to Tajikistan is one area in which the U.S. might rightfully rethink its approach.

More stuff for Tajikistan's border services, courtesy of Washington.

On Monday, both Russia and the United States began separate military training drills with Tajik forces.

A new year, a new posture statement to parse.

More of the same policy of neglect, save for added mutual admiration of authoritarian tactics and kleptocratic expansion.

Including $3 million dollars worth of Jeep Wranglers.

The C5+1 is Washington's latest attempt at making diplomatic progress, of any kind, in Central Asia.

Washington's trade with Central Asia experienced a drastic drop in 2015 and recovery prospects look dim.

But the tension between security and human rights hamstrings U.S. policy.

By externalizing Dushanbe’s problems, Rahmon is avoiding domestic responsibility.