For over two decades, the Uzbek-Tajik relationship has been marred by tension, but a recent bilateral visit may mark a true thaw.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is set to visit Tajikistan March 9-10.

An agreement on visa-free travel up to a month between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is in the works.

While there's no date yet, the visit is expected in early 2018 and will mark a significant diplomatic step in the region.

From the ADB to junk bond-hungry investors, Dushanbe is pulling in financial help. But will it make a difference?

Without Karimov's bombast about Rogun, Tashkent is better positioned to earnestly engage on an issue of vital importance.

Recent statements from Uzbek officials drop previous vitriol in favor of diplomatic neighborliness.

On Tuesday, the first direct commercial flight between the neighboring countries in 25 years landed in Dushanbe.

President Emomali Rahmon’s hopeful tone belies reality and history.

Time will be the true test, but on regional relations the likely next Uzbek president looks to be making progress.

Dushanbe signs on an Italian company for construction, Tashkent says the project is a leftover of “Soviet megalomania.”

Recommended regional reads on Dushanbe's financial troubles, quest to quash opposition, and poor neighborly relations.

By externalizing Dushanbe’s problems, Rahmon is avoiding domestic responsibility.

Beyond security, there’s the simple issue of supply.

“Uzbekistan never, and under no circumstances, will provide support to this project.”

Meanwhile, there were similar incidents on the Kyrgyz and Tajik borders.