Uzbekistan After Karimov: Examining External Influences

By Richard Weitz

Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute. His current research includes regional security developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and East Asia as well as U.S. foreign and defense policies. Dr. Weitz is also an Expert at Wikistrat and a non-resident Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).

The funeral for Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s president since the country’s independence in 1991, took place over the weekend. With no apparent successor, The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder talked with Richard Weitz about the threat of a power vacuum leading to instability and what that means for U.S. interests in the region. Dr. Weitz is Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute.

The Cipher Brief: Uzbekistan president Islam Karimov just passed away, and his successor is unclear. When will we see a successor, and how great is the threat of instability in the country?

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