Kyrgyzstan is a «test case» of linkage and leverage in Central Asia, as it set up links with
the West after independence and was commonly (but inaccurately) viewed as an «island of democracy» in the region.
Not exact matches
That was why, as early as November 1960 — one month
after independence — North and East lobbies, in the federal Parliament in Lagos, were already dizzy with reckless talks about «abolishing» the
West, because they hated Obafemi Awolowo's politics.
After their (sometimes bloody)
independence, the
West (including Israel) has been either:
In the early 1820s, just 40 years
after independence and 20 since the French claims had been bought out for a song in the Louisiana Purchase, America's untamed
west was up for grabs.