Turkmenistan Lifts Its Head
by S. Frederick Starr In recent months Turkmenistan has emerged from its self-imposed shell. Under its new president, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, it has launched a very active, though still cautious,...
View ArticleUzbekistan-2.0: Continuity and Change in Foreign Policy
By Farkhod Tolipov December 15, 2022 Uzbekistan’s foreign policy can roughly be divided into two periods, corresponding to its two Presidents, Islam Karimov and Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Despite Karimov’s...
View ArticleUzbekistan’s Constitutional Referendum
By Farkhod Tolipov June 14, 2023 On April 30, 2023, Uzbekistan held a referendum on amendments to the country’s Constitution. The referendum was preceded by an ambitious propaganda campaign calling on...
View ArticleChessboard No More: the Rise of Central Asia’s International Agency
By Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr October 3, 2023 Central Asia is often portrayed through metaphors such as a “Grand Chessboard” or a “Great Game,” which suggest that the players in the game...
View ArticleSecurity and Military Cooperation Among the Turkic States in the 2020s
Richard Outzen December 8, 2023 There has been a rapid intensification of Turkish relations with Turkic states in Central Asia and the Caucasus in the past decade. The creation of the Organization of...
View ArticleRussian Influence in Turkmenistan: Rapprochement or Pragmatism?
Slavomir Horak January 19, 2024 Turkmenistan underwent a serious rapprochement with Russia in recent years, particularly after the establishment of a ruling tandem with Serdar Berdimuhamedow as a...
View ArticleFriends at Last: The Rapid Rise of Turkey- Uzbekistan Relations
Svante E. Cornell May 22, 2024 Turkey and Uzbekistan are the two largest countries in the Turkic world. As a result, the rela- tionship between them is a determining factor for the prospects of Turkic...
View ArticleNuclear Power Plant in Uzbekistan: Energy and Geopolitics
By Farkhod Tolipov August 21, 2024 During a state visit of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to Uzbekistan in May 2024, after his re-election, it was officially announced that the long-anticipated...
View ArticleCompetition VS. Partnership: Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan Relations in the Field of...
COMPETITION VS PARTNERSHIP: UZBEKISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN RELATIONS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORT AND TRANSIT By Nargiza Umarova Recent geopolitical crises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East have created...
View ArticleThe China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway: China's Strategic Expansion in...
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider China is moving forward with the long-delayed 523-kilometer railway connecting Kashgar in northwest China to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as part of its Belt and Road Initiative...
View ArticleUzbekistan as a Green Energy Regional Power: Prospects and Caveats
By Sergey Sukhankin Uzbekistan, the most populous nation in Central Asia, has announced a strategic objective to significantly enhance the proportion of green energy within its energy portfolio and to...
View ArticleRussia’s Central Asian Underbelly: The Case of Uzbekistan
By Farkhad Tolipov January 29, 2025 The remnants of the Russian imperial modus vivendi is revealing in current Moscow’s manipulative policy in Central Asia where Moscow tries to embody its own version...
View ArticleUzbekistan and the Institutionalization of Greater Central Asia
S. Frederick Starr April 3, 2025 This article is an English version of an article to appear in Uzbek in Vatan (Motherland), Uzbekistan's leading journal. Read Uzbekistan and the Institutionalization of...
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