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What Celebrities and Dictators Have in Common

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

Last week Jennifer Lopez performed at a birthday party for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the dictator of Turkmenistan. For Foreign Policy, I analyze the anxiety behind the outrage that ensued: Celebrities and dictators have a lot in common. They lead lavish lifestyles … Continue reading →

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How the Uzbek Government Targets Exiles Abroad

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article for Al Jazeera English about how the government of Uzbekistan punishes exiles abroad by persecuting their relatives at home. Two weeks ago, Hasan Choriyev, the father of Uzbek activist Bahodir Choriyev, was unlawfully detained: It … Continue reading →

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The Ethics of Military Aid to Uzbekistan

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

For Al Jazeera English, I take on the heated debate surrounding Western military aid to Uzbekistan: Analysts have long debated the ethical and strategic ramifications of providing Uzbekistan with military equipment – largely unidentified but allegedly non-lethal – in exchange for a transport route … Continue reading →

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Central Asia’s slow internal rot

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article up at Foreign Policy about Central Asia. I argue that the greatest threat to the region is not volatility, as is commonly assumed, but stagnation: The slow, tortuous decline of Central Asia is something we … Continue reading →

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Keeping Up With the Karimovs

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article about Gulnara Karimova, the 40-year-old daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan. Gulnara is a businesswoman known for her ties to organized crime and usurping of Uzbek enterprise, but she also likes to record breathy dance … Continue reading →

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Internet and Social Control in Uzbekistan

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

The NetProphet blog at Transitions Online did a nice review of my new report for the New America Foundation on internet freedom and social control in Uzbekistan: The study, by American anthropologist Sarah Kendzior is the most comprehensive on this … Continue reading →

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Digital Freedom of Expression in Uzbekistan

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Today the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation published my report, “Digital Freedom of Expression in Uzbekistan:  An example of social control, and censorship,  in the 21st Century”. You can download it here. This report has been in … Continue reading →

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Law, Corruption and the Internet in Uzbekistan

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

What happens when citizens of corrupt states start acting like laws have meaning? For Al Jazeera, I wrote about the Uzbek legal website Adolat.net, which educates Uzbek citizens on their legal rights: Adolat’s founders are adamant that they are not … Continue reading →

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Internet at Liberty

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Last week I presented during the “lightning round” of Google’s Internet at Liberty conference. This meant that I had to turn an extensive study Katy Pearce and I did of internet freedom in Azerbaijan into a five-minute spiel. The full … Continue reading →

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Click-through credibility: Kony2012 and Webvybory2012

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Like everyone who researches the internet and politics, I’ve been fascinated by the controversy generated by Kony2012. For Al Jazeera, I look at issues of transparency and credibility in online video propaganda, drawing a parallel between Kony2012 and the Russian … Continue reading →

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