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Uzbekistan’s Bubbling Pot of Destabilization

11/10/2014 by Andrew KORYBKO / 30 comments

Something’s cooking in Uzbekistan, and it’s not just plov. The country’s political stability is on the line, as a power struggle is underway for control in a post-Karimov reality that is soon approaching. Karimov himself has been increasingly sidelined as of late, even being pressured to allow his own daughter, […]

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Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: Rising Menace

04/02/2013 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 2 comments

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has become a concern in Eurasian region. In January 2013 alone, the members of the extremist organization confronted security forces in Afghanistan on two instances during operations in Burkah district of Baghlan province. A government official in Tajiksitan declared on 28 January 2013 that […]

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Libyan Scenario for Central Asia?

21/09/2011 by ORIENTAL REVIEW

Russian general staff chief Gen. N. Makarov warned at a media briefing in Moscow on September 12 that revolutions patterned on the Libyan one can recur in Central Asia… Overall, the pertinent scenario includes the incitement of public unrest, civilian fatalities, international condemnations of repressions against protesters, the passing of […]

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Kyrgyzstan Facing the Threat of Following the Afghan Pattern

12/05/2010 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 1 comment

The momentary collapse of K. Bakiev’s regime, accompanied by fatalities, looting, and riots, had been an alarming phenomenon not only because it showed how easily a government just days ago widely recognized as legitimate can fall. Another cause of concern is the threat of chronic instability in a geopolitically sensitive […]

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