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This paper argues that the time for viewing Tajikistan through the lenses of conflict prevention and post conflict reconstruction has passed. Tajikistan must now be dealt with as a "normal country." According to the author, such a paradigm change would offer the EU key opportunities, namely operating in a country that has experienced relative stability since the end of its civil war in the 1990s and where, as a result, there is now the possibility to concentrate on advancing reform. Furthermore, progress in key areas in Tajikistan would offer the opportunity to promote similar policies elsewhere in the region.