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The Foreign Policy of the Central Asian Islamic Renaissance Party (A Paper for the Muslim Politics Project)

Author: Olivier Roy

The Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), Hizb-i Nehzat-i Islami in Persian/Tajik, and Islam Uyghonish Partyasi in Uzbek, is a recent movement with few historical roots. Its members are young and enjoyed little access to the external world during the Soviet period. This report examine the foreign policy of this new group.

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