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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Jihad Union: a jihadi nebulous in Central Asia and the EU
By Bruno DE CORDIER, Conflict Research Group
In late 2007 and mid-2008 over a dozen people were arrested in Germany and other EU countries on suspicion of preparing raids against US military infrastructure and raising funds on behalf of two mili...
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Presidential election in Uzbekistan: A farce
By Juliette LE DORE, Ph.D. candidate at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Can one really talk about the presidential election in Uzbekistan, on December 23 2007? It was a non-subject, for the country has known, since 1989, but a single leader who was poised for re-election:...
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Corruption Mounts in Kyrgyzstan as the Second Anniversary of ‘Tulip Revolution’ Approaches
By Erica MARAT, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program
The post-Soviet “colored” revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan gained popularity among masses for their determination to fight endemic corruption among old elites and to open up political a...
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Tajikistan’s Energy Ambitions
By Frédérique GUERIN, Graduate Institute of International Studies
The end of 2006 has been dark and cold for the people of Tajikistan. In November and December the country was twice plunged into the deep black of winter for several days at a time. In order to find ...
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Iran: The Political Stakes of the Election of the Assembly of Experts
By Thomas FOURQUET, Institut d’Etudes politiques
The election of the Iranian Assembly of Experts (in Persian, Majles-e-Khebregan), which will take place December 15, 2006, reveals a swinging between the habitual function of the Islamic Republic, som...
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