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Joshua Kucera

Joshua Kucera

Joshua Kucera is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. He blogs at The Bug Pit.

Romney's Banal Hawkishness on Russia and Central Asia

Romney's Banal Hawkishness on Russia and Central Asia

The leading GOP candidates says he would "reset the reset," but what does that really mean?… More »

U.S. Plan for a 'New Silk Road' Faces a Big Speed Bump: Iran

U.S. Plan for a 'New Silk Road' Faces a Big Speed Bump: Iran

The Obama administration wants to promote trade along the ancient route that once went through Iran… More »

Condoleezza Rice Warned Georgian Leader on War With Russia

Condoleezza Rice Warned Georgian Leader on War With Russia

The former secretary of state's memoir calls into question the view, held by many U.S. Republicans, that Russia began the 2008 war… More »

Clinton's Dubious Plan to Save Afghanistan With a 'New Silk Road'

Clinton's Dubious Plan to Save Afghanistan With a 'New Silk Road'

Most analysts seem to agree that the antiquity-era trade route is never coming back, so why is it America's new favorite idea for Central Asia?… More »

Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could Kill the U.S.-Russia 'Reset'

Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could Kill the U.S.-Russia 'Reset'

As the U.S. and NATO plan to leave Afghanistan, Russia faces a security challenge it's not ready for and an alliance with the U.S. that suddenly looks less attractive… More »

Georgia's Dangerous Quest for American Weapons

Georgia's Dangerous Quest for American Weapons

From K Street lobbying to interviews with Newsweek, Georgia is doing everything it can to secure American arms against Russia. But is that really a good idea?… More »

No One Rigs an Election Quite Like Kazakhstan

No One Rigs an Election Quite Like Kazakhstan

President Nazarbayev's reelection campaign was as much spectacle as sham… More »

Issue December 2010

Deal With a Dictator

Getting supplies to Afghanistan may be worth cozying up to Uzbekistan—for now.… More »

Issue November 2009

Oil on Ice

Will Greenland become the Nigeria of the Arctic?… More »

Issue December 2008

Spooked

The spies who loved me… More »

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