Uzbekistan

  • May 3, 2017
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Uzbek police to step up hunt for returning extremists

The police ministry acknowledges that militants returning from abroad are a problem

Uzbekistan
  • Apr 12, 2017
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Uzbek-Tajik flights offer hope of Central Asian thaw

Passenger flights between near neighbours are a small step towards mending a difficult relationship

Uzbekistan
  • Apr 6, 2017
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Greater Uzbek engagement with Russia will have limits

The Uzbek president is more open than his predecessor, but will still keep a distance from Moscow

Uzbekistan
  • Mar 17, 2017
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Uzbekistan's charm offensive may lose momentum

An international lender returns and is likely to press for economic reforms

Uzbekistan
  • Mar 7, 2017
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Central Asia's isolationist states may grow more open

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have spent much of the last two decades ignoring one another and their neighbours

Central Asia
  • Feb 23, 2017
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Too soon to judge Uzbek prison releases as reform

The new president has freed three dissidents whom his predecessor intended to keep in jail forever

Uzbekistan
  • Jan 5, 2017
  • 2 min read

Uzbek president shows will to shake power balance

The latest in a series of cabinet changes brings in a new head for the powerful interior ministry

Uzbekistan
  • Dec 14, 2016
  • 7 min read

Early signs of change may wither in Uzbekistan

Relations with neighbouring states will improve while talk of domestic reform may come to nothing

Uzbekistan