Uzbekistan
Louis O'Neill: Moldova's Near Miss With Nepotism
October 05, 2009By Louis O'Neill Every leader wants to be surrounded by people he can trust. And who, after all, is generally more trustworthy and loyal than family? Upon assuming the presidency of the United States in 1961, John F. Kennedy looked to have his campaign...
China's Uyghurs -- A Minority In Their Own Land?
July 08, 2009By Breffni O'Rourke The Uyghurs of western China are an ethnic Turkic people who are by tradition Muslim, and who feel more kinship with the peoples of Central Asia than with the Han Chinese -- the communist state's dominant population. The Uyghurs...
Analysis: Uzbekistan gains little from Fradkov visit
April 03, 2007Author: Monika Shepherd, ISCIP Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov recently paid an official visit to Tashkent, the first time a Russian prime minister has done so since 1999. (1) Uzbekistan’s decision last summer to rejoin the Collective Security...
EU Extends Post-Andijon Sanctions On Uzbekistan
November 13, 2006The Council of the European Union, which is the bloc's main decision-making body, today voted to extend the arms embargo on Uzbekistan for another 12 months. The embargo was imposed following the military crackdown in the Uzbek city of Andijon in...
EU-Uzbekistan relations: Energy issues vs. human rights
November 09, 2006By Monika Shepherd, ISCIP, Boston University On 17 November, the sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan in October 2005 by the European Union (EU) will expire, unless all 25 of the EU member states are able to reach an agreement on which, if any, of the...
