An important interpretation of the Andijan tragedy in May 2005 argued from an economic angle. The situation in the Ferghana Valley was characterised the following:
High prices for agricultural inputs and sales to state buyers at well below world prices
Reliance on smallholdings for a livelihood, as collective farms face serious problems paying their employees
Informal trade […]
Alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir Members On Trial In Uzbekistan
Former Andijon Fugitive Goes On Trial In Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan repairs 2.500 km of roads this year
TAJIK OFFICIAL SAYS DRUG COOPERATION WITH UZBEKISTAN LACKING
Brotherly love-Uzbekistan detained one more Tajik Spy?
Uzbekistan refuses to deliver natural gas to Tajikistan
UZBEKISTAN: Crackdown continues against Muslims and Christians
Uzbekistan opens diplomatic mission in Shanghai
Azerbaijan begins export of medications to Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade surplus grows 27%
This post is in direct response to Ben’s piece below, and poses a hypothesis to answer this question: Assuming we are to believe public opinion polling, why do Uzbeks tend to be so happy?
According to public opinion polls by the UNDP, they are the happiest people in Central Asia. The recent […]
The UK think (-and-do) tank New Economics Foundation has recently published its Happy Planet Index, which aims to present an alternative to established indicators of well-being that are mostly confined to economic raw data.
Uzbekistan comes in third of all Central Asian and former Soviet republics (only Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have higher ratings) and […]
What follows is an English translation of the post that originally appeared on the Russian-language version of neweurasia Uzbekistan blog.
A post regarding the tragic fate of civil society in Uzbekistan was recently published on the English-language version of this blog. Without going too much into detail I would simply like to note that […]
Brookings scholar Fiona Hill and University of Maryland Ph.D. candidate Kevin Jones put out an analysis of the current political situation in Uzbekistan this summer in The Washington Quarterly enitled Fear of Democracy or Revolution: The Reaction to Andijon. Their article serves as the most current general synopsis of the political situation in […]
After a short delay it appears Craig Murray’s book Murder in Samarkand is due out in the next week or two. The former British Ambassador to Tashkent’s account of his time in Uzbekistan is expected to be pretty explosive. Additionally, and perhaps as a primer, he has published on his website a handful of […]
Since a scan of the headlines on Uzbekistan (or just scrolling down this page) paints an extremely depressing picture (human rights abuses, media crack-downs, etc.), a positive story not by the government reporting agency really stands out.
The Uzbek government has initiated a program to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS throughout the country:
In […]
