https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/298 2025-11-12T15:08:12Z 2025-11-12T15:08:12Z Shaymardanova, Zarema https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/328 2021-03-30T12:13:52Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Exploring the Authoritarian Regime of Uzbekistan Through Its Cotton Sector Authors: Shaymardanova, Zarema Abstract: This paper’s main purpose is to describe and analyze the existing nature of the authoritarian regime of Uzbekistan through its cotton sector. So far there has not been done any research on exploring the regime of the country through cotton. Cotton production became a key point and primary source for the development of Uzbek economy. Due to its’ importance to the country’s economy, the state has special interest in keeping this sector under tight control. However this paper argues that cotton sector is considered to be a rentier state rich with natural resources but based mostly on agricultural sector. Moreover thesis will try to answer for the question of how does cotton-dependence shapes the authoritarian regime of Uzbekistan.

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Isakova, Zamira https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/327 2021-03-30T12:13:52Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Understanding Peace Processes in the Aftermath of Ethnic Violence on the South of Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz and Uzbeks Happily Ever After? Authors: Isakova, Zamira Abstract: The contribution examines state peacebuilding initiatives in Kyrgyzstan, following four-day interethnic hostility in the southern capital, Osh. Though the original triggers of the four-day hostility remain highly contested the aftermath is much clearer. Thesis highlights that in Kyrgyzstan, peacebuilding activities are liable to nation-building projects. Building of the new civic identity therefore has become the engine of the consolidating peace. However, identity manipulation endangers fragile peace if it is exclusionary of minorities. To this end, first, nation-building as a prerequisite to sustainable peace is briefly introduced, with particular attention being paid to identity manipulation as the key concept in building nation. Next, study analyzes government peacebuilding initiatives, their short-term impact and illuminates state peace activities’ connection to nation-building. Fundamentally, this thesis argues that by aggressive fashion of promoting new common identity state authorities generate ethnonationalism or nationalism of exclusion. By imposing ethnic values of the larger ethnic group on other minorities, government officials harden ethnic identities of the dominated group. Hence, ethnic minorities have to defend themselves from such kind of policy by adopting nationalism of resistance. Thus laudable but ambitious project of nation-building to build peace galvanizes potential triggers of the deeper division between two ethnicities.

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Lakhonin, Vassiliy https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/326 2021-03-30T12:13:52Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Assessing Foreign Aid: A Benchmark Analysis of Kyrgyz Rural Aid-Recipients’ Narratives Authors: Lakhonin, Vassiliy Abstract: Foreign aid is an important aspect in understanding human development in developing countries. A consistent analysis of aid efforts is required to comprehend limitations and set up further prospects for effective strategies and development outcomes. While original assessments of foreign aid are much based on the viewpoints of aid agencies, the opinions of aid-recipients often remain ignored. This thesis contributes with a descriptive benchmark study of the characteristics of foreign aid as expressed by a rural aid-recipient society in Kyrgyzstan. It is a case study of aid performance in the Jerge-Tal village based on comprehensive feedback from aid-recipients and the framework of an accomplished international “Listening Project” (LP). The findings from Jerge-Tal village are benchmarked with the LP outcomes and discussed with references to the academic literature in order to better comprehend whether and why there is a difference between the international LP outcomes and empirical response from Jerge-Tal community with respect to foreign aid provisions.

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Ibrokhimzhon, Ulmasov https://mt.osce-academy.kg/handle/123456789/325 2021-03-30T12:13:52Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Hizmet Movement in Central Asia: Comparative Studies of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Authors: Ibrokhimzhon, Ulmasov Abstract: The issue of religious radicalism has been highly securitized or simply over politicized by the majority of the governments of Central Asian states. As a result, the security and stability became among the priority issues to deal with. Central Asian governments quickly adopted security policies which were intended to control the activities of the independent religious movements. In certain Central Asian states such as Uzbekistan, the consequences of these policies were the restriction of the any kind of religious movement which is not under the control of the state, even if it is apolitical actor. Among them was a Hizmet movement. However, while closely analyzing it can be observed that the movement is very apolitical, peaceful, civil movement whose activities help to improve the life of people in terms of providing modern education, student dormitories, health care, job places and numerous other types of developmental and humanitarian assistance. Uzbek government justified its actions that the movement is teaching radical Islamic education in the country. Very interestingly the same movement is not blacklisted in the next door Kyrgyzstan and operates freely. The primary focus of this work is to analyze the objectives behind labeling the Hizmet movement as a security threat in Uzbekistan and not in Kyrgyzstan. It examines factors such as educational activities of the movement and its contradiction with the national ideologies of the foregoing two Central Asian states, the development of independent civil societies and other political and economic motives behind the restriction.

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