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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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Two Upcoming Talks

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

This Wednesday I’ll be giving a talk at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University with Noah Tucker, a fellow Central Asia analyst. Our talk is called “Digital Memory and a Massacre: Post-Soviet Uzbek Identity in the … 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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Why is Twitter censoring terrorist groups?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

For Al Jazeera English, I wrote about Twitter’s ad hoc deletion of accounts belonging to terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab and the Islamic Jihad Union. I touched on this briefly at Registan after the Islamic Jihad Union’s two accounts were shut … Continue reading →

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Speaking about Uzbekistan in Seattle

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

Next weekend I’ll be talking about Uzbekistan at a conference organized by Awareness Projects International, an organization committed to raising awareness of social and political issues among Uzbek youth. I’m excited to be speaking with a diverse group of panelists … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with civil society

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

For Foreign Policy, I write about a subject that has been bothering me for ages – the inappropriate and harmful use of the term “civil society” when discussing policy in authoritarian states. I spoke briefly about this at the Registan … Continue reading →

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Threats to Online Privacy

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article for Al Jazeera on threats to email privacy. (OK, it is not really that new, but I’ve been too busy arguing with the daughter of Uzbekistan’s dictator to update my website – read about it … Continue reading →

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Why I Censored Myself

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I got an email last week from a woman from Uzbekistan who is now living outside the country. She had read my Atlantic article about Gulnara Karimova, liked it, and decided to post it on her Facebook page. She then … 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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