· September, 2005

Stories about Uzbekistan from September, 2005

Should the US Pay Its Debt?

Should the United States hold payments in escrow for the use of its soon-to-be-vacated airbase in Uzbekistan? It's a controversial question at Registan.net.

21 September 2005

Uzbekistan: What can the West do?

Nathan, of Registan fame, posts a long essay on a change in emphasis in commentaries about relations with Uzbekistan, and asks what Western countries could do that would make any...

14 September 2005

Kyrgyzstan: Reaction on Andijon

Registan writes about continuing tensions between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan over allegations that Kyrgyz militants were involved in the Andijon uprising in May 2005.

8 September 2005

Uzbekistan: Avoiding isolation

Registan revisits the argument that it would be a mistake for the United States entirely to cut off ties with Uzbekistan over its human rights record.

6 September 2005

Uzbekistan: Orphanage horrors

Registan guest-blogger David Walther's eyewitness account of starvation, abuse and deprivation in Uzbekistan government orphanages makes harrowing reading, and backs up his argument for an embargo on Uzbek cotton.

1 September 2005