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China, India, Iran and Pakistan Crowd Russia in Today’s Great Game in Central Asia

Posted October 25th, 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC+0)
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When I was in Dushanbe, India’s defense minister just happened to be in the neighborhood, and popped in for a visit. After the traditional bread and honey welcome ceremony at the airport, he met behind closed doors with Tajikistan’s defense minister and discussed future uses of Ayni. This former Soviet airbase was re-commissioned last month […]

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