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…
Uzbekistan
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…