Russia'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...
View ArticleTurkmenistan 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...
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