Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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All eyes will be on the China-Russia strategic partnership, but the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Central Asian members have greater confidence and bargaining power than ever before—and Beijing knows it.
The region is dependent on Russia but wary of endorsing Moscow’s actions.
Despite their geographic diversity, the uprisings shared similar root causes.
In trying to calm violent protests, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has involved an unpredictable and untrusted partner.