IGSD Research Fellow Dr. Aijan SharshenovaLink opens in a new window discussed David Cameron's recent Central Asia and Mongolia tour in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Majlis podcastLink opens in a new window. Other participants included Professor Luca Anceschi from Glasgow University and Benjamin Godwin, PRISM political risk management company. Lord Cameron's visit covered all five Central Asian republics and ended in Mongolia.

IGSD and Prof Kerry Kirwan, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor Research University of Warwick were invited guests of Bakhiyor Saidov Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan held at the Institute for Directors, London. Bakhiyor highlighted ambitions of interconnectivity and being a hub of business industry relations and modernisation and sustainable development.

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On 7-11 July Professor Elena Korosteleva was invited to Uzbekistan in the capacity of electoral observer. She observed elections in Samarkand, on Sunday 9 July, having visited 5 polling stations, engaged in conversations with citizens, political parties’ observers, and members of the electoral commission