Gregory Gleason
Gregory Gleason is visiting professor in residence at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs academy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Gleason remains professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico (USA).
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Articles by Gregory Gleason
Satellite Internet and Russia’s Control Over Its Cybersphere
Russian telecommunication experts paid close attention to the February 22 announcement of the launch into orbit of two experimental micro-satellites by the private space exploration company SpaceX (Vedomosti, February 22)....
Russia Seeks to Build Alternative Internet
Numerous Russian sources report that efforts are underway to produce a new and independent internet that would align Russia more closely with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India China and...
FSB Seeks to Forge ‘Digital Sovereignty’ in Russia’s Financial Sector
The recent involvement of the Russian Federal Security Service’s (FSB) cryptography specialists in international efforts to instrumentalize emerging currencies such as Bitcoin and Ether (Iso.org, accessed September 11) shows how...
Uzbekistan Charts a New “Uzbek Path”
The Uzbek government's decision to withdraw from the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) is yet another example of Uzbekistan's determination to remain focused on what has come to be known as...
TURKMENISTAN TILTS TOWARD RUSSIA
Turkmenistan’s foreign policy discernibly tilted toward Russia in the days following the death of the country’s president on December 21, 2006. Russia sees the continuation and improvement of commercial and...
KARIMOV VOWS TO HEAD OFF ORANGE REVOLUTION IN UZBEKISTAN
Dismissing the idea of an "orange revolution" in Uzbekistan , President Islam Karimov said in a rare interview printed in the Russian news daily Nezavisimaya gazeta on Friday (January 14)...
UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSIT DISPUTE THREATENS REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
A recent series of high-level meetings in the context of the Central Asian Cooperation Organization and the November 19 summit between Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov...
TURKMENISTAN’S NEUTRALITY AND RUSSIA’S NEW SOUTHERN POLICY
Turkmenistan's official foreign policy of "positive neutrality" is facing new challenges as Russia continues the drive for greater influence over Central Asian affairs. The Turkmen policy of neutrality, announced by...
KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENTARY LEADER RESIGNS IN PROTEST
The Speaker of the Kazakhstan Majilis, the lower house of the Kazakhstan Parliament, announced his resignation on October 18 in protest over what he termed crude violations of electoral process...
RUSSIAN COMPANIES PROPOSE DEBT-EQUITY SWAPS IN CENTRAL ASIA
Recent Russian proposals for debt-equity swaps in Central Asia and the Caucasus represent a bold new strategy for extending Russia's influence in the southern tier. Debt-for-equity swaps involve trading debt...