Uzbekistan's "System Reset"
Uzbekistan's "System Reset" By: Eldor Aripov On January 24 Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, delivered his third annual report to Parliament. This address marks an important step in...
View ArticleChina's Policy Bank Investment Profits from Uzbekistan's Monetary Policy Reform
By Tristan Kenderdine April 16, 2018, the CACI Analyst Following high-profile visits by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015 and Xi Jinping in 2016, China’s is domestically devolving its trade and industrial...
View ArticleUzbekistan's "System Reset"
Uzbekistan's "System Reset" By: Eldor Aripov On January 24 Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, delivered his third annual report to Parliament. This address marks an important step in...
View ArticleThe Eurasian Union Flunks Its Stress Test
By Stephen Blank April 27, 2020, the CACI Analyst Crises are often telling indicators of an institution’s fitness. The Coronavirus pandemic is currently putting governments and regional institutions...
View ArticleCentral Asia Caught in Economic Perfect Storm amid Oil Price Collapse and...
By Azad Garibov May 12, 2020, the CACI Analyst The collapse of oil prices and outbreak of a pandemic seems to catch Central Asia in an economic perfect storm. Some regional energy exporters will suffer...
View ArticleU.S. Presence in Central Asia: Realities and Perspectives
By Nurlan Aliyev May 27, 2020, the CACI Analyst In early February, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. He was received by the two heads of states in Nursultan and...
View ArticlePost-COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Central Asia
By Bakhrom Radjabov June 4, 2020, the CACI Analyst Since January, COVID-19 (coronavirus) has reached the level of a global pandemic. At first, some Central Asian republics seemed to be virus-free...
View ArticleSoft or Hard Power? Russia Reacts to Uzbekistan's Draft Language Policy
By Farkhod Tolipov June 8, 2020, the CACI Analyst In May 2020, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on a draft law initiated by Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Justice,...
View ArticleBorder Problems in Central Asia: Dividing Incidents, Uniting Solution
By Farkhod Tolipov July 16, 2020, the CACI Analyst In May-June 2020, Central Asia experienced several border incidents between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan; Kyrgyzstan and...
View ArticleFrom Tamerlane to Alexander the Great: Uzbekistan’s Evolving National Narrative
By Dmitry Shlapentokh November 3, 2020, the CACI Analyst After the death of President Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s new leadership has engaged in a transformation process structurally similar to those in...
View ArticleThe New China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Corridor
By Emil Avdaliani November 24, 2020, the CACI Analyst In recent years, China has made significant economic inroads into Central Asia. A recently opened new transportation route linking Xinjiang to...
View ArticleManaging Strategic Competition: Kazakhstan's Peacemaking Initiatives
By Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr December 22, 2020, the CACI Analyst In recent years, the security situation on the Eurasian continent has grown increasingly unstable. Great powers are less...
View ArticleThe Sokh Enclave: A Breakthrough in Central Asian Cooperation
By Farkhod Tolipov April 21, 2021, the CACI Analyst April 1, 2021, saw the reopening of the long-awaited road connecting the Uzbek Sokh enclave, located within Kyrgyzstan, with Uzbekistan’s mainland,...
View ArticleThe Prospect of Social Innovations in Uzbekistan
By Bakhrom Radjabov April 29, 2021, the CACI Analyst For several years now, Uzbekistan’s leadership has been calling for intensive changes and innovations. This was evident in a historic four-hour long...
View ArticleU.S. out, Taliban in: Central Asia Facing New Challenges from Afghanistan
By Farkhod Tolipov August 20, 2021, the CACI Analyst In April 2021, Washington began the long-awaited withdrawal of its military forces from Afghanistan, a process that is expected to be completed by...
View ArticleDid Cryptocurrency Miners Crash the Central Asian Power Grid?
By Tony Pizur February 22, 2022, the CACI Analyst On January 25, Kazakhstan experienced widespread power outages that also affected neighboring Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Decaying infrastructure and...
View ArticleRussia's War in Ukraine: Implications for Central Asia
By Johan Engvall March 14, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s economic response to it has put Central Asia in a precarious position. As part of what Moscow perceives as its sphere of...
View ArticleUzkebistan Between Ukraine and Russia: The Curse of Positioning
By Farkhod Tolipov May 31, 2022 Russia’s war in Ukraine has become an existential geopolitical challenge for all former Soviet republics. Uzbekistan’s formulation and expression of a position on the...
View ArticleISKP Attacks in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
By Sudha Ramachandran August 31, 2022 Since April this year, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Afghan affiliate of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and...
View ArticlePresident Mirziyoyev’s Strategic Urgency
By S. Frederick Starr September 6, 2022 Speaking on Uzbekistan’s independence day, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed a somber memorial ceremony dedicated to the “victims of political...
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