Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan Event Summary: Analysis of the Uzbek Elections November 9, 2021 By Austen Dowell On October 27, the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs hosted a Twitter Spaces discussion about the recent Uzbek presidential… Read More
Read More Book Reviews, Changing Uzbekistan Uzbekistan’s International Relations April 29, 2021 By Oybek Madiyev, Uzbekistan’s International Relations, (Abingdon: Routledge, 2020). Since the death of Islam Karimov in 2016, Uzbekistan has opened up… Read More
Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan Uzbekistan: Reforms Evade LGBTQ Community March 31, 2021 By Anvar Latipov and Ryan Schweitzer On March 28, Miraziz Bazarov, a Tashkent-based blogger who had advocated for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Uzbekistan, was attacked… Read More
Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan, Migration The Promise of the Korea-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement February 18, 2021 By Valijon Turakulov Last year, even in the midst of a global pandemic, Uzbekistan held several conferences and talks with Korea regarding a… Read More
Read More Changing Uzbekistan Uzbekistan’s Reform Drive Reaches the Banking Sector February 12, 2021 By Nicola Contessi Uzbekistan’s adoption of a new Banking System Reform Strategy in December 2020 signals a turning point for the country’s credit… Read More
Read More Changing Uzbekistan There Won’t be Political Reform in Uzbekistan. Here’s Why December 21, 2020 By Dilmira Matyakubowa On December 10, International Human Rights Day, a group of human rights defenders, activists, researchers, artists and filmmakers gathered in… Read More
Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan, Cultural Lives Waiting for the Sea: An Interview with Director George Itzhak October 16, 2020 By Edward Lemon Waiting for the Sea from George Itzhak on Vimeo. The film centers on a techno music festival in Moʻynoq, in… Read More
Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan Toxic Masculinity and Uzbekistan’s Domestic Violence Crisis October 9, 2020 By Anvar Latipov On September 3 Akida Mokhirova , blogger and founder of the charitable organization “Pokiza Insonlar” (“Noble People” in Uzbek), posted… Read More
Read More Articles, Changing Uzbekistan, Cultural Lives Rock in Uzbekistan: A Voice of Diversity September 28, 2020 By Nikita Makarenko It’s a Saturday night in the center of Tashkent. An unmarked door with a $1 entry fee leads you upstairs… Read More