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"A groundbreaking study of Islamism’s evolution in Central Asia, Kathleen Collins’ remarkable feat of scholarship should be required reading for all serious analysts and observers of this important region.  Collins’ book offers irrefutable evidence that religious freedom serves as the most effective counterterrorism policy.” - Mike Croissant, retired US Government counterterrorism officer. 

Kathleen Collins serves as an Associate Professor of Political Science and is affiliated with Islamic studies at the University of Minnesota.  She is the author of Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia (2006), which won the award for the best book in the social science fields from the international Central Eurasian Studies Society.   

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