Meet My Country: Uzbekistan, With Dilfuza Kurolova and Dr. Farkhod Tolipov
State of Asia
English - November 05, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBNews Commentary News Politics china asia asia society switzerland geopolitics policy leaders japan india pakistan Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Human rights lawyer Dilfuza Kurolova and political scientist Dr. Farkhod Tolipov talk about their homeland Uzbekistan – the land locked and most populous country of Central Asia. After two decades of economic and political isolation under the former President Islom Karimov, there are hopes that the current president will bring the much needed change to the former Soviet country. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is more reform-orientated, more democratic and more liberal than his predecessor, and there has been a shift towards a more liberal life, though only a very slight one, and there is much to do to create a democratic system in Uzbekistan, as our speakers point out.
4:12 Background information on Uzbekistan
6:30 Dilfuza and Dr. Tolipov’s views on Uzbekistan, and where it stands today
21:20 The cotton industry
26:57 Uzbekistan’s involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and reactions from Russia
34:47 Dilfuza and Dr. Tolipov’s recommendations for places to visit and food to try
Your host: Denise Staubli, Program Manager, Asia Society Switzerland
Moderator: Simona Grano, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich (UZH)
Speakers:
Dilfuza Kurolova, human rights lawyer and founding-curator of the Global Shapers Tashkent Hub
Dr. Farkhod Tolipov, Director of the non-governmental Research Institution “Bilim Karvoni” (“Caravan of Knowledge”)
Production: Denise Staubli
Show Notes
Green dumplings –in season in Spring/Summer
Watermelons – very big and tasty in the Summer
Plov – National dish of Uzbekistan
Khiva – Ancient city in Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan
The capital city Tashkent with its big bazaars and the famous Tashkent metro (featuring very beautiful tunnels and stations). Most stunning station: “Cosmos” station
New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Publications by Dr. Farkhod Tolipov
Asia Society Switzerland webcast A Closer Look at Uzbekistan with Dilfuza Kurolova and Dr. Farkhod Tolipov, May 20, 2021