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#Tashkent: #Uzbekistan: Learning that constitutional democracy requires security. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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#Tashkent: #Uzbekistan: Learning that constitutional democracy requires security. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/a-closer-look-at-the-growing-chinese-presence-in-uzbekistan/

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0:00.0

Elevate your summer nights

0:02.6

with all the indulgence of the new Magnum Double Star Chaser.

0:07.2

With cracking chocolate, popcorn flavor,

0:11.4

and rich caramel sauce for the night.

0:14.2

Pleasure is always on.

0:16.8

Magnum, true to pleasure.

0:25.2

This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:28.4

Here's John Batchler.

0:31.0

To Central Asia, Tash Camp, the capital of Uzbekistan,

0:34.8

the most popular nation in all of Central Asia,

0:38.1

exceeding 32, 33 million people in growing,

0:41.4

vast natural resources, still with the shadow of the Soviet era.

0:46.6

And yet a vote, Reuters reporting, Tash Camp,

0:51.0

Uzbekistan passed a package of constitutional amendments

0:54.2

in referendum within these last hours.

0:57.4

90% of the vote, the Central Election Commission,

1:01.3

Sevan Monday, citing preliminary data.

1:04.4

The reform resets President Shavkat Mirazoyev,

1:10.7

and will allow him to run for two more seven-year terms

1:13.7

when his current one ends in 2026.

1:17.0

I welcome Gregory Kapli, the editor and publisher

1:20.0

of Defense and Foreign Affairs, who is in Tash Camp.

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