Russie.Eurasie.Visions - Islamist Terrorism in Greater Central Asia: The "Al-Qaedaization" of Uzbek Jihadism "Russie.Nei.Visions", No. 35, December 2008

The goal of this paper is to analyze the threat of Islamist terrorism in Central Asia, through analysis of what could be termed a real Al Qaeda-like threat: the IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) and its splinter cells, which seem to be the real problem in Central Asia.