Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Addressing the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, including the 2005 Andijan massacre, has not been high on the current government’s agenda.

Tashkent sees stability in Afghanistan as essential for the security and stability of the broader Central and South Asian region.

A first-of-its-kind Central Asian summit boosts regional connectivity and authoritarian domestic agendas.

As the new administration charts its foreign policy course, a stronger Central Asia-U.S. partnership can serve as a model for mutually beneficial cooperation.

The messages provide a glimpse as to what the Central Asian states wish to see from the next U.S. administration and how they aim to position themselves.

From tackling corruption to enhancing public services, people of Uzbekistan are clear about their priorities.

The sixth consultative meeting of the Central Asian leaders concluded without a major breakthrough, but recent Kazakh-Uzbek bilateral agreements could be the key to deepening cooperation in the region.

An optimal way of mitigating the challenges Central Asia faces, Mirziyoyev argued, is regional integration. 

Despite presidential promises, arrests of bloggers critical of the government highlight the fragility of free speech in Mirziyoyev's Uzbekistan.

With so many activists in Uzbekistan once again behind bars, the president’s promises of reform ring increasingly hollow.

While some progress has been made, foreign investors are starting to wonder if Uzbekistan’s privatization agenda will ever live up to its much-lauded potential. 

Five years in jail for criticizing Mirziyoyev’s attending a military parade in Moscow, two and half for a vulgar comment on Instagram, seven for a derogatory poem.