http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/ American Foreign Policy Analysis in Central Asia Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-3791 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:41:15 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-3791 [...] 2. Political Instability - Though less visible, says Linn, the deteriorating economic situation and quality of public services are causing the nation’s citizenry to question Rakhmon and his political elites ability to govern effectively. Though he rightly believes, that an uprising or ‘color’ revolution, as was the case in Kyrgyzstan, is far from happening, a more likely outcome would be an internal battle between political elites for control of the state, which we have discussed here. Either way, instability would ensue creating a myriad of problems to this already poor nation. [...] […] 2. Political Instability - Though less visible, says Linn, the deteriorating economic situation and quality of public services are causing the nation’s citizenry to question Rakhmon and his political elites ability to govern effectively. Though he rightly believes, that an uprising or ‘color’ revolution, as was the case in Kyrgyzstan, is far from happening, a more likely outcome would be an internal battle between political elites for control of the state, which we have discussed here. Either way, instability would ensue creating a myriad of problems to this already poor nation. […]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-2966 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:17:07 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-2966 [...] On the contrary, the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and to a lesser extent Kyrgyzstan all have a political process that is far from fair and is constantly manipulated by the powers that be.  A few weeks ago I discussed Tajik’s political/governmental problems and this included the mysterious disappearance of Hasan Sadulloev, President Rahmon’s brother-in-law and powerful businessman.  It appears Sadulloev had presidential ambitions and this led to his strange vanishing. [...] […] On the contrary, the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and to a lesser extent Kyrgyzstan all have a political process that is far from fair and is constantly manipulated by the powers that be.  A few weeks ago I discussed Tajik’s political/governmental problems and this included the mysterious disappearance of Hasan Sadulloev, President Rahmon’s brother-in-law and powerful businessman.  It appears Sadulloev had presidential ambitions and this led to his strange vanishing. […]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-2902 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:19:28 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/24/tajik-instability/#comment-2902 [...] Patrick Frost says that Tajikistan, already one of the world’s poorest nations, has suffered much this year with a harsh winter, continuing health concerns, and with rising food prices. Posted by Adil Nurmakov Share This [...] […] Patrick Frost says that Tajikistan, already one of the world’s poorest nations, has suffered much this year with a harsh winter, continuing health concerns, and with rising food prices. Posted by Adil Nurmakov Share This […]

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