Seyed Mohammad Reza Mousavi Phd(with the participation of the Iranian Scientific Association of International Security) Journal of Political Strategy 2588-4565 4 12 2020 05 21 Obstacles to the realization of democracy in Central Asia Obstacles to the realization of democracy in Central Asia 21 39 110034 FA Yousof Karami M.Sc. Student of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran. Amin Navakhti Moghadam Associate Professor of Political Science, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran. Journal Article 2020 07 07 Democracy is today recognized as the most favorable form of political system in the last century and is spreading to most parts of the world. Many countries sought to establish a political system in line with the democratic model and built their political, social, and economic structures on it. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of the Central Asian republics, these countries faced many challenges in terms of new restructuring. It replaces the communist order in these countries. Contrary to the existing view, given the past three decades of independence of these republics, we are witnessing the establishment of authoritarian regimes in the countries of the region in a manner that precipitates the totalitarian thinking left behind by the communist system. It seeks to answer the question of what are the internal barriers to democracy in these countries? And then to study them scientifically and analyze them. Researchers also believe that the existence of domestic political and social factors in these countries, such as the absence of a rule-based law, the absence of plural political parties, a weak civil society, and internal barriers to democracy are considered. Democracy is today recognized as the most favorable form of political system in the last century and is spreading to most parts of the world. Many countries sought to establish a political system in line with the democratic model and built their political, social, and economic structures on it. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of the Central Asian republics, these countries faced many challenges in terms of new restructuring. It replaces the communist order in these countries. Contrary to the existing view, given the past three decades of independence of these republics, we are witnessing the establishment of authoritarian regimes in the countries of the region in a manner that precipitates the totalitarian thinking left behind by the communist system. It seeks to answer the question of what are the internal barriers to democracy in these countries? And then to study them scientifically and analyze them. Researchers also believe that the existence of domestic political and social factors in these countries, such as the absence of a rule-based law, the absence of plural political parties, a weak civil society, and internal barriers to democracy are considered. https://www.rahbordsyasi.ir/article_110034_a79ba7de5b97c63a933f3360d2822db0.pdf