BY PABLO ORTEGA
TAMMING THE CAUCUSSES
CENTRAL ASIA
THE KEY PLAYER IN TRADE
CENTRAL TO IMPERIAL AMBITIONS
CENTERAL ATERY FOR TRADE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
LAND LOCKED OIL GIANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SILK ROAD
MAJOR OIL PRODUCER FOR THE U.S CHINA AND EUROPE
PIPELINES AVOID RUSSIA
BORDERING KAZAKHSTAN AND CHINA
IMPROVISHED AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SILK ROAD
THEY ARE POLITICALLY CORRUPT NATIONS
SILK ROAD NATIONS
BOTH FACING LARGE MUSLIM OPPISITIONS GROUPS
INSTIBILITY AND ECONOMIC TYRANNY RAMPANT
NO REAL DEMOCRACY
HAMID KARZAI VS PERVEZ MUSHARAF
LAND LARGLY UNCONTROLLED
TRIBAL WARLORDS RAMPANT
NO REAL CENTRALIZED POWER
WESTERN POWERS INFLUENCE IS MINIMAL
CHINA EFFECTAVILY BOUGHT THE STANS
RUSSIA AND EU STRUGGLE FOR STABILITY IN THE STANS