An education-focused, U.S.-based NGO has become the first such organization to be registered in Uzbekistan in over a decade.

Unexpectedly, Uzbekistan levied only a small fine on a man the state says has links to the IMU.

As Tashkent and Washington revive their strategic partnership, eyes are on reforms.

There will be rough patches ahead in Uzbekistan’s reform mission, Washington must focus on the long game.

Probably not. American interests in the region remain fundamentally tied to interests outside the region.

A new year, a new posture statement to parse.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev is the new Uzbek president, but experts caution against celebrating surface-level reforms too soon.

More of the same policy of neglect, save for added mutual admiration of authoritarian tactics and kleptocratic expansion.

Whoever succeeds Islam Karimov is likely to bring Uzbekistan closer to Russia, at the expense of the U.S.

The C5+1 is Washington's latest attempt at making diplomatic progress, of any kind, in Central Asia.

Washington's trade with Central Asia experienced a drastic drop in 2015 and recovery prospects look dim.

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There’s plenty to discuss, such as the 5 year coverup of the death of a political prisoner.

The U.S. is mending fences in Kyrgyzstan and avoiding offenses in Uzbekistan.

You could call it the “grand Stan slam.”

Fazliddin Kurbanov, arrested in 2013, is about halfway through his trial in Idaho.