Mariya OmelichevaMariya Y. Omelicheva (PhD, Purdue University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Kansas. She is the author of Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (Routledge, 2011) and Democracy in Central Asi: Competing Perspectives and Alternate Strategies (University Press of Kentucky, 2015), and editor of Nationalism and Identity in Central Asia: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Directions (Lexington Press, 2014). Read More Read Less