New Eastern Europe - November-December 2017

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How Central Asia understands democracy MARIYA Y. OMELICHEVA Since gaining independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, t ...

26 modern, sovereign states. Soviet nationality policies established the modern-day republics as distinct national and territori ...

27 consequence, nation-building became a process of conjoining the nation with the state, personalised by the ruling elite. Inev ...

28 The discourse on democracy in Central Asia has been different from that in western states. The authorities in Central Asia ha ...

29 presence of a strong leader – the “father of the nation” – as compatible with the national version of “democracy”. There are ...

30 the sake of political order, security and economic necessity. Political ideals associ- ated with liberal democracy often give ...

Central Asia and water No time left for squabbles PETER LEONARD A combination of rapid population growth and climate change, whi ...

32 the cluster of homes in which the Uzbek workers running the reservoir live. Over a week later, a helicopter arrived from Uzbe ...

33 to revive the co-ordination capacity lost with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the prime ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzsta ...

34 Others quickly followed suit in a confounding tangle of diplomatic blackmail schemes. Uzbekistan cut off a section of river f ...

35 stand astride the Vakhsh River, a tributary of the Amu-Darya, at 335 metres high, making it the tallest dam in the world. Acc ...

36 tactic on the hydropower projects in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Back in July 2016, when Mirziyoyev was still prime minister u ...

37 favour of cultivating fruit and vegetables, which are more profitable to their grow- ers. Under plans outlined by the Agricul ...

The complex reality of radicalisation in Central Asia An interview with Bhavna Davé, a senior lecturer in Central Asian politics ...