An Oil-Rich Test for Bush
24th Oct 2005, 18:28 GMT
In the past two weeks the Bush administration has launched a concerted attempt to translate its pro-democracy rhetoric into action in two little-known Eurasian countries whose importance is about to soar. Within six weeks, it could pull off a political feat that would electrify a region, and energize the president's freedom doctrine. Or it could find itself with yet another messy and possibly dangerous foreign policy dilemma.