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Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Kassenova, Schatz, McGlinchey (Part 2 of 2)

The presidential succession in Uzbekistan following the death of Islam Karimov in September 2016 has rejuvenated discussion about the nature and future of Central Asia’s political regimes. Uzbekistan’s new president,…

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Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus

(PONARS Policy Memo) The topic of collective responses to terrorism, extremism, and transnational organized crime has long dominated discussions within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).…

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Omelicheva: Authoritarian regimes have been fairly effective in mobilizing public support through rhetoric

(AAAS) Leaders of authoritarian regimes in Central Asia have been able to use rhetoric to define their power as legitimate to the public despite practices of human rights violations and clamping…

Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin’s Exhortations

(PONARS Policy Memo) The Central Asian states have endeavored over the past two decades to maintain the appropriate amount of distance from the regional hegemon, Russia. They have sought to balance…

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Observing Autocracies from the Ground Floor [Special Issue of Social Science Quarterly]

(J. Paul Goode and Ariel I. Ahram, eds.) This special issue explores qualitative field work methods for observing and studying authoritarian regimes. Studying authoritarian regimes can be a difficult and dangerous task,…

Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

(PONARS Policy Memo) In 2011, four Central Asian states signed a Joint Plan of Action in Ashgabat pledging to work together to counter radicalization and terrorism in the region. Since…

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Uzbekistan: Stable transition into a volatile future

(New Eastern Europe) The death of the 78-year-old leader of Uzbekistan on September 2nd 2016 has cast the country into uncharted waters and sent shock waves through a region facing multiple…

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Radnitz: As before, Uzbekistan will not put all its eggs in the Russian basket

(AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday laid roses at the grave of late Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, whose death last week after 27 years in charge sparked fears of…

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Roberts: The 2005 Andijan massacre really changed the trajectory of Uzbekistan

(Wall Street Journal) Uzbek President Islam Karimov, who ushered in his nation’s independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union and ruled it with an iron hand for more than 25…

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Radnitz: Uzbeks have known for a long time that this moment would arrive

(AFP) Ex-Soviet nation Uzbekistan has plunged into unchartered territory after strongman leader Islam Karimov, who has dominated the country for over 25 years, was rushed into intensive care with a…

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Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Kassenova, Schatz, McGlinchey (Part 2 of 2)

Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus

Omelicheva: Authoritarian regimes have been fairly effective in mobilizing public support through rhetoric

Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin’s Exhortations

Observing Autocracies from the Ground Floor [Special Issue of Social Science Quarterly]

Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Uzbekistan: Stable transition into a volatile future

Radnitz: As before, Uzbekistan will not put all its eggs in the Russian basket

Roberts: The 2005 Andijan massacre really changed the trajectory of Uzbekistan

Radnitz: Uzbeks have known for a long time that this moment would arrive