| Strategic Forum No. 203 (4545 words) |
 | None of the countries in Central Asia can be held up as the paragon of political and economic reform, but the two that have made the most progress in the area of economic reform--Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan--also happen to be the two that have had the benefit of relatively open (by Central Asian standards) political regimes. |
| A further benefit of the Central Asian regimes' relative stability is that the United States has the time to work with the new generation of leaders and assist in the development of key institutions that could ultimately play the decisive role in securing the region and making it more stable. |
| Central Asian perceptions of U.S. power in the aftermath of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq have added an important cache of credibility to the United States in the eyes of local elites, long eager for help in managing regional security affairs. |
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