4891>by Bruce Pannier For Uzbekistan 1997 was the year the country began to emerge as the regional power many expected it to become. Despite some setbacks in agriculture, troubles on its eastern and southern borders, and lingering doubts about commitment of President Islam Karimov to democracy, Uzbekistan by year’s end was clearly the most securely independent of the Central Asian […]
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