Northern Distribution Network

A Logistics Nightmare

Erin Fitzgerald | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Host Nation Trucking, Afghanistan, Northern Distribution Network, Contractors, Central Asia, Afghan War, Logisitics, World News
Erin Fitzgerald

Critical to any military mission is the ability to provide logistics support throughout the theater of operations. In Afghanistan, the salience of transporting materiel is compounded by the sensitivity of the region.

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From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Russia, Great Power Competition, Afghanistan, Stalin, Eurasia, Afghan War, Northern Distribution Network, United States, Kyrgyzstan Violence, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan War, Kambarata Dam Hyrdopower, Kazakhstan, Nato, Tajikistan, Geopolitics, South Korea, Rogun Dam, Central Asia, Turkmenistan, China, Soviet Union, Great Game, World News
Derek Henry Flood

The deadly June crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan highlights the extreme fragility in Central Asia's inherently flawed post-independence nation-state structures. However, the five republics are being simultaneously courted by the U.S. military.

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