Uzbekistan on the threshold of the twenty-first century
By: Islam Karimov.
Edition: American ed.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: National security -- Uzbekistan.; Uzbekistan -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Uzbekistan -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
Notes: Presented to the Library of Congress on the occasion of its Bicentennial by the Embassy of Uzbekistan.
Maps on endpapers.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: THREATS TO STABILITY AND SECURITY; title: I. Regional Conflicts II; title: 2. Religious Extremism and Fundamentalism 19; title: 3. Great-Power Chauvinism and Aggressive Nationalism 29; title: 4. Ethnic and Inter-ethnic Relations 41; title: 5. Corruption and Criminality 53; title: 6. Regionalism and Clan Influence 61; title: 7. Ecological Challenges 69; title: PART II: TOWARD STABILITY AND SECURITY; title: 8. The Revival of Spiritual Values and National Self-Consciousness 87; title: 9. Establishing a State System and Defensive Capability 97; title: 10. Creating Democratic Institutions and a Civil Society 107; title: 11. Forming a Market Economy and a Class of Owners 117; title: 12. Developing Social Policy and an Active Citizenry 129; title: PART III: PROMISE OF PROGRESS; title: 13. Geostrategic Potential: Natural Resources 141; title: 14. Human Potential: Social and Industrial Infrastructure 157; title: 15. Securing Reforms, Stability, and Economic Growth 173; title: 16. Integration into the World Community 183.