Uzbekistan
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02.06.2019
New US Ambassador to Uzbekistan – You Just don’t Wanna Know
The ever increasing influence of Russia and China in Central Asia is keeping the United States fairly agitated. Predictably enough, over the last couple of years Washington has noticeably stepped up its efforts to dominate the region through both economic and military means. In this context, the emphasis that the US placed on developing its […]
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01.03.2019
The Struggle for Uzbekistan – a Key Component of Washington’s Central Asia Pivot?
Out of all of the former USSR-dominated regions, Central Asia remains the only one where the US hasn’t acquired sustainably aligned satellite countries. For this very reason, we can expect the US to start making steps towards economic integration with a number of leading regional players in the immediate future. To facilitate the study of […]
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06.07.2018
Nuclear Power is a New Sphere of Cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan
Russia is one of the leaders in the market of nuclear-related technologies and is renowned for quality and safety of its nuclear power plants, whose reasonable cost is especially attractive for moderate-sized developing nations. Many countries, facing issues linked to a lack of hydrocarbon resources or ecological problems but still wishing to develop their energy […]
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14.09.2014
Uzbekistan and its future
Uzbek President Islam Karimov is dead-set on smashing any stirrings of revolution and protecting the country from both foreign and domestic enemies. In his speech marking the country’s 23rd anniversary of independence, the President drew particular attention to the prevention of violations of Uzbekistan’s sovereignty, the inviolability of state borders and the use of force. […]
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18.01.2014
Implications of CIS Free Trade Zone Expansion in Central Asia
The last week of 2013 saw Uzbekistan – the most populous Central Asian nation – become the latest country to join the CIS free trade zone, a bloc encompassing former Soviet states Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The decision furthers Moscow’s efforts at economic integration in a region marred by ethnic […]
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25.04.2013
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and the Railway Projects
Washington is actively trying to take advantage of the transportation deadlock that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan found themselves in after the Soviet Union’s collapse to advance its regional New Silk Road program. It is obvious that the project’s main goal is to strengthen the US position in the region at Russia’s expense. Two new railway projects […]
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03.03.2013
Islam Karimov’s Currency Reform
Uzbekistan’s rules for buying and selling foreign currencies changed in early February. President Islam Karimov approved a proposal by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan with the decree “Measures on the Further Liberalization of the Procedure for Selling Foreign Currency to Individuals.” As a result, lending institutions can no longer sell citizens of Uzbekistan foreign currency […]