Andrea Schmitz

Andrea Schmitz is a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Her research interests include political and social developments in Central Asia. SWP advises the German government and Bundestag on all questions of foreign and security policy.

In Tajikistan, It’s Someone Else’s Virus

Apr 06, 2020

It appears paradoxical that the new coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease was not found in Central Asia until mid-March. The region’s highly mobile societies border directly on China, with which intense bilateral relationships exist. At the end of January, Kazakhstan closed some of its border crossings to China, including...

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In Tajikistan, It’s Someone Else’s Virus

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