Richard Weitz is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute. His current research includes regional security developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and East Asia as well as U.S. foreign, defense, homeland security, and WMD nonproliferation policies. Dr. Weitz also is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR), where he overseas case study research, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he contributes to various defense projects.

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Tajikistan: IRP Leader Examines Moderate Islam’s Influence In Central Asia – Analysis

Tajikistan has experienced bouts of internal violence in the past couple of years, but the bloody episodes in the Rasht

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Uzbekistan: A Peek Inside An SCO Anti-Terrorism Center

The building that houses the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure is in a walled compound

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Central Asia And Caucasus: The Promise And Pitfalls Of New Election Technologies

In announcing that Georgia’s parliamentary elections would take place October 1, President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration affirmed its commitment to conduct

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Turkey: The Forgotten Ally In The Forgotten War – OpEd

Much has been said of the unique and ascendant role Turkey is playing in international relations. A member of NATO,

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Showdown Brewing Over Internet Governance In Eurasia

It’s clear that Russia and other authoritarian-minded, formerly Soviet states would like to turn out the lights on the Internet.

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Russia: Scholars Shed New Light On Cold War Kremlin

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For a few dedicated academics, the Cold War isn’t dead. While recent archival research tends to uphold existing interpretations of

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Central Asia: Russian Influence Overestimated — Expert

A leading Russian political scientist asserts that the Kremlin’s influence in Central Asia is exaggerated and Moscow’s regional impact is

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The US Drone: Iran’s Potential Gift To Russia – OpEd

By Richard Weitz and Alex Vatanka Iran claims to have forced down a sophisticated U.S. spy drone on December 4.

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