1st Edition

Uzbekistan’s Foreign Policy The Struggle for Recognition and Self-Reliance under Karimov

By Bernardo Fazendeiro Copyright 2018
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Uzbekistan’s foreign policy from 1991 to 2016, starting from independence right up to the death of its first president, Islam Karimov, is one of the more distinctive approaches to international politics since the end of the Cold War. This distinctiveness rests on the republic’s gradual struggle for self-reliance upon becoming independent. Authorities in Uzbekistan, especially its President, were... Read more

Introduction  1. Uzbekistani self-reliance in context and the pillars thereof  2. The origins of Uzbekistani self-reliance  3. Russian-Uzbekistani Relations  4. United States-Uzbekistani Relations  5. German-Uzbekistani relations  6. Turkish-Uzbekistani Relations  Conclusion

Biography

Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro lectures at the University of St Andrews, UK and has taught at the Central European University in Budapest. He researches mainly Role Theory and Interpretivism in International Relations, focusing mainly on Central Asia and post-Soviet politics more broadly.