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Collectively, they are sometimes called "the stans." Individually, as the United States prepares for possible military action in their neighborhood, the stans are suddenly the focus of intense attention in Washington and Moscow. When the Soviet Union collapsed, five new states arose in Central Asia--Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Collectively, they are sometimes called "the stans." Individually, as the United States prepares for possible military action in their neighborhood, the stans are suddenly the focus of intense attention in Washington and Moscow. When the Soviet Union collapsed, five new states arose in Central Asia--Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.