Stories about Uzbekistan from April, 2007
Uzbekistan: Alphabets
Uzbek has been written with four different alphabets over the last century, and the government of Uzbekistan has been trying to make the transition from Cyrillic to Latin for many...
Central Asia: The EU's New Plan
Near|Abroad discusses the European Union's new diplomacy plans for engaging Central Asia.
Central Asia: Old Photographs
Sue Sypko discusses how photographs taken by Russian Imperial and Soviet photographers communicate different meanings.
Uzbekistan: Cotton Cultivation
Bonnie Boyd compares cotton cultivation practices in Uzbekistan with those in other parts of the world and sees much room for improvement.
Uzbekistan: Komilov Speaks
Registan.net reports on a speech given by Uzbekistan's ambassador to the United States in Seattle last week.
Uzbekistan: Wolfowitz's Impact
At neweurasia, Nick reports how embattled World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz has impacted Uzbekistan during his tenure by sticking to his anticorruption beliefs and refusing to release funds.
Central Asia: Hot Air & the Aral
Bonnie Boyd writes that since 1991, there has been more hot air than progress on saving the Aral Sea.
Uzbekistan: Aral and Health
Bonnie Boyd continues with her series of posts on the Aral Sea, this time focusing on the healt impacts of the sea's disappearance, most of which are heavily concentrated in...
Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan: Irrigation and the Aral
Bonnie Boyd discusses how Soviet irrigation policies led to the depletion of the Aral Sea.
Central Asia & Caucasus: Corporate Philanthropy
At neweurasia, Marianna argues that NGOs need to develop a culture of giving across Central Asia and the Caucasus to encourage local corporate support of the work that NGOs do.
Central Asia: Aral's Cost
Bonnie Boyd begins a series of posts on the Aral Sea by discussing how we calculate the cost of the sea's loss.
Central Asia: Interview with a Scholar
neweurasia interviews well known American Central Asia scholar Martha Brill Olcott.
Central Asia: Climate Change
Bonnie Boyd reports on how climate change affects Central Asia.
Russia, Central Asia: Russian Diaspora
Siberian Light links to neweurasia‘s stories on the Russian Germans and ethnic Russians living in Central Asia.
