Instability Spreads to Russia's Southern Border
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While Putin overreaches in his war on Ukraine, tensions are flaring in the former Soviet territories along present-day Russia\\u2019s southern border. The most immediate danger comes from two conflicts that escalated this month\\u2014 between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Caucasus and between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, both clashes leading to hundreds being killed.\\xa0Eurasianet\\u2019s Joshua Kucera and University of Oxford\\u2019s Madeleine Reeves join\\xa0Deep Dish to explore the erupting violence and whether it could spiral into war.
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- Russia\\u2019s struggles in Ukraine seed conflict in its neighborhood,\\xa0Elizabeth Shackelford,\\xa0Chicago Tribune, September 22, 2022
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