Will Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan follow Egypt?

Analyst have started to predict that the two countries in Central Asia, which are considered to be the poorest and hardest hit by the world economic situation, will come to a point of revolt. Martin Sieff a news analyst of Central Asia Newswire has written that both countries seem to be in a different political corners. Both have been criticized for having authoritarian regimes, and more importantly centralized deteriorating economies. The governments have been highly criticized by international observers for having rapid corruption, lack of technical reform, and miss-allocation of resources. The Egypt revolution is an on-going event that will have an impact on Central Asia without any doubt. There are many factors that need to be watched closely in Central Asia such as the massive crack down on Islamic extremism and the government control of religion as a whole. It will be interesting to see the next couple of weeks unfold and how much of an influence it will have on the oppressed masses of Central Asia. Time will only tell.

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