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About Malika Kenjaboeva

Malika Kenjaboeva is an Uzbek journalist, now resident in the US.

Articles by Malika Kenjaboeva

Tuesday 10th June

The US and global democracy: the test case of Central Asia

From 19th century imperial rivalries to Soviet communism and now the ‘war on terror’, the states of Central Asia have been targets of manipulation in the great games of superpower politics. Today, the domestic impact of US strategic ambitions is increased repression and denial of human rights. America may secure short-term political influence, but the lasting achievement of its current policy will be radical disaffection among the region’s people.
Thursday 29th November

Uzbekistan: Stalinism without state benefits

Among the Central Asian states on the front line of Washington’s “War on Terrorism,” Uzbekistan occupies a special place. In return for an aid package which includes new IMF loans, it has allowed some 1,000 US troops onto its soil.
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