Uzbek President Islam Karimov

[Razor]

So the President of Uzbekistan for over two decades, Mr. Islam Karimov died.
This country was notorious for its reluctance to join any side (Rus, USA etc) and protected its sovereignty as much as it could under Karimov.
Now that he is gone, there is a void in said country.
Who's gonna fill it?

@pmaitra

 

[pmaitra]

So the President of Uzbekistan for over two decades, Mr. Islam Karimov died.
This country was notorious for its reluctance to join any side (Rus, USA etc) and protected its sovereignty as much as it could under Karimov.
Now that he is gone, there is a void in said country.
Who's gonna fill it?

@pmaitra

I will opt for the option of nepotism. Karimov's immediate successor should take over. I don't want ISIS or its affiliates taking over. If that happens, I hope a joint Russo-Kazakh-Kyrgyz force occupies it.

 

[Razor]

I will opt for the option of nepotism. Karimov's immediate successor should take over. I don't want ISIS or its affiliates taking over. If that happens, I hope a joint Russo-Kazakh-Kyrgyz force occupies it.

By immediate successor you mean?

Though not much is known about Karimov's personal stuff, afaik he has two daughters and maybe a son, I don't think they are in a position to lead Uzbekistan

 

[pmaitra]

By immediate successor you mean?

Though not much is known about Karimov's personal stuff, afaik he has two daughters and maybe a son, I don't think they are in a position to lead Uzbekistan

Yeah, he has two daughters. Stuff gonna happen in Uzbekistan soon. This is a new headache for Russia. The good news is, Uzbekistan does not share a border with PRC.

 

[pmaitra]

Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan holds funeral for president

President Islam Karimov's coffin in Samarkand
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Babur was from Samarkand.

 

[tharun]

Yeah, he has two daughters. Stuff gonna happen in Uzbekistan soon. This is a new headache for Russia. The good news is, Uzbekistan does not share a border with PRC.

Why a good news if doesn't share border with PRC

 

[pmaitra]

Why a good news if doesn't share border with PRC

PRC has a habit of pushing its forces down other people's throats. If say Uzbekistan had a border with PRC, and PRC cited ISIS takeover and sent a couple of divisions into Uzbekistan, who would be able to deter PRC? No one.

 

[tharun]

PRC has a habit of pushing its forces down other people's throats. If say Uzbekistan had a border with PRC, and PRC cited ISIS takeover and sent a couple of divisions into Uzbekistan, who would be able to deter PRC? No one.

So some day in future PRC may eye on tajikistan or kyrgyzstan or kazakhstan because they have weak military?
Poor mongolia some day it will become either PRC or russia

 

[pmaitra]

So some day in future PRC may eye on tajikistan or kyrgyzstan or kazakhstan because they have weak military?
Poor mongolia some day it will become either PRC or russia

They have already started making noises about the border. That is one reason why Tajikistan still has Russian military presence.

 

[tharun]

They have already started making noises about the border. That is one reason why Tajikistan still has Russian military presence.

We had military base in tajikistan right?...we need to develop even better so we cut POK from other side

 

[Bahamut]

what effect does it have on war on terrorism ?

 

[Tshering22]

We had military base in tajikistan right?...we need to develop even better so we cut POK from other side

Till we are import-dependent, we cannot expand militarily.

It is a watch facility with a few Mi-17s, handful Mi-35s and barely a couple of hundred troops.

We cannot exactly attack Pakistan with taht number.