The Great Game, Campus Version

The United States and other countries battle for the minds of a former Soviet republic

By BRYON MacWILLIAMS

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Outsiders have vied for power and influence in Central Asia for centuries. The Scythians, Alexander the Great, Turkish alliances, and the Mongols predated Britain, which bowed out of the so-called Great Game with Russia in the 19th century. The Soviets yielded...

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