Uzbekistan

  • Nov 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA/AFGHANISTAN: Arms availability a concern

New research shows, contrary to common assumptions, that there are no major arms trafficking...

Central Asia
  • Nov 4, 2003
  • 6 min read

KYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: Risk of ethnic conflict rising

These border incidents are part of a wider mosaic of relations between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Oct 14, 2003
  • 7 min read

UZBEKISTAN: Commitment to reform remains in doubt

The government announced on October 8 that the som will be made fully convertible by 15 October. ...

Uzbekistan
  • Oct 9, 2003
  • 1 min read

UZBEKISTAN: Convertibility commitment

The sum will become convertible from October 15, the government said yesterday.

Uzbekistan
  • Sep 23, 2003
  • 1 min read

CHINA/CIS: SCO developments

The prime ministers of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan --...

China
  • Sep 12, 2003
  • 8 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Poor infrastructure could hinder growth

For the landlocked former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the development of overland transport...

Central Asia
  • Sep 8, 2003
  • 6 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: Islamic growth poses policy dilemmas

Hizb ut-Tahrir, the largest Islamic movement in Central Asia, preaches non-violence but has...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 5, 2003
  • 1 min read

UZBEKISTAN: Bombing blame

A man charged with being a member of the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and...

Uzbekistan