11 Thu 10.15
AM
Focus Art Gallery
Raja
Annamalai Building,
19,
Rukmani Lakshmipathi Road
(Marshalls
Road), Egmore
Chennai
600 008
Uzbekistan: Promising Reforms and Striving for
Stability
The
ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean “the Silk
Road” evokes imagery of mosques and mausoleums but the reality is
far different.
Uzbekistan, after its break up from the Soviet Union
in 1991 is striving
ahead and providing stability in the region and has begun a slow
transition to a market economy. It has taken steps to improve ties with
its Central Asian neighbours and there is a glimmer of hope about the
possibility of change and rectifying its dismal human rights record.
Throwing
some light on this transition is Stanly Johny, the International Affairs Editor of the Hindu, who describes himself as a scribe
by sheer accident.Stanly
Johny with a Ph.D in International Relations from Jawaharlal
Nehru
University, New Delhi wears many hats. He is the successful author
of “The ISIS Caliphate – From Syria to the doorsteps of India”. He
coordinates the Hindu’s foreign affairs coverage and writes brilliantly on the
Middle East, Eurasia and geopolitics!
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