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Juraev: The situation seems serious because Karimov’s hospitalization was announced publicly

(NBC) The authoritarian leader of Uzbekistan has suffered a stroke, his family said, stoking fears of a power vacuum and possible influx of radical Islamists in the impoverished Central Asian…

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Central Asia In-Depth: Marlene Laruelle talks to VOA

(VOA) Professor Marlene Laruelle, director of the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University, talks to Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America's Uzbek Service. How well do the United States…

Does Islam Challenge the Legitimacy of Uzbekistan’s Government?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) For more than twenty years, Uzbekistan has had no real political change and remains one of the most authoritarian countries in the world. How has President…

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Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Perspectives Volume) The idea of regional integration in post-Soviet Eurasia is as old as the post-Soviet states themselves. From the moment the USSR collapsed, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan…

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Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

The idea of regional integration in post-Soviet Eurasia is as old as the post-Soviet states themselves. From the moment the USSR collapsed, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan spearheaded efforts to establish…

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New Policy Memo: Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

The first generation of Central Asian presidents will not be around forever. It is only a matter of time before the region experiences several successions stemming, most likely, from the…

Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

The first generation of Central Asian presidents will not be around forever. It is only a matter of time before the region experiences several successions stemming, most likely, from the…

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Mastering a Façade democracy: elections in Uzbekistan

(EUCAM) President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan has been re-elected after scoring 90 per cent of votes at the Uzbek general elections held on 29 March 2015. According to official estimates,…

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Radnitz: Gulnara miscalculated in overestimating her security as first daughter

(AFP) Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) – Uzbekistan's strongman leader Islam Karimov has kept a stranglehold on power in the Central Asian state for a quarter of a century, even at the expense…

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Cooley: Both Euromaidan and the Kremlin have given Uzbekistan something to fear

(Eurasianet) Russia’s aggressive actions toward Ukraine are vexing Central Asian states. First, officials in Kazakhstan were chagrined to hear comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, during a recent town-hall-style meeting…

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Uzbekistan

Juraev: The situation seems serious because Karimov’s hospitalization was announced publicly

Central Asia In-Depth: Marlene Laruelle talks to VOA

Does Islam Challenge the Legitimacy of Uzbekistan’s Government?

Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

Eurasian Visions: Integration and Geopolitics in Central Asia

New Policy Memo: Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

Mastering a Façade democracy: elections in Uzbekistan

Radnitz: Gulnara miscalculated in overestimating her security as first daughter

Cooley: Both Euromaidan and the Kremlin have given Uzbekistan something to fear