简介:Ofallthepost-Sovietstates,thefiveCentralAsianrepublicsofKazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Uzbekistan,TajikistanandTurkmenistanexperiencedatthedawnofindependencethemostacutecrisisinregime-building,economicself-supportandsecurityassurance.Theriskofmarginalizationderivedfrominbornweaknessofgeo-politicalseclusioncoupledwithwideninggapwiththeworldmainstreamhascausedwidespreadconcern.