Religion and Forced Displacement in Greece
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, Greece, until then a country of emigration, became a receiving country for immigrants primarily from the Balkan region. This migratory inflow diversified in…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
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Religion and Forced Displacement in the Republic of Moldova
Introduction Large-scale emigration has represented the single most important social - and even existential - challenge to the Republic of Moldova since the country proclaimed its independence in August 1991.…
Religion and Forced Displacement in Russia
Introduction The Russian Federation is a unique example of a country where changes in society’s cultural atmosphere and religious consciousness depended more on forced displacement than on inner natural changes.…
Religion and Forced Displacement in Serbia
Introduction The civil war (1992 – 1995) which followed the dissolution of communist Yugoslavia had significant political, economic, and social consequences for the region. One of the most important social…
Religion and Forced Displacement in Ukraine
This paper examines how Ukrainian religious associations have addressed the forced displacement caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict that started in 2014. At the out set there will be a brief…
Spotlight on Uzbekistan: Executive Summary
Spotlight on Uzbekistan finds that the much talked about reform process in Uzbekistan is real, but that so are the significant holes in it, with a lot of work still…
Introducing Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan
Spotlight on Uzbekistan In September 2016, longstanding Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the Presidency of Uzbekistan following the death of President Islam Karimov, the despotic ruler who had dominated the…
Economic reforms in Uzbekistan: Achievements, problems, perspectives
The Uzbek economic model As an independent state, Uzbekistan appeared on the world map in 1991. The country launched reforms that were supposed to create a base for running a…
The investment climate in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan has the most diversified economy in Central Asia, with significant mineral and metals wealth, including gold, as well as textiles and services, and the largest population in the region.[1]…
Corruption and reform in Uzbekistan: The elephant is still in the room
When Uzbekistan’s first post-Soviet President, Islam Karimov, passed away in September 2016, he left behind a complex legacy. Uzbekistan had not suffered prolonged instability, armed conflict, or state-failure, like in…