Uzbek constitutional reform

What Will It Take to Finally Build a ‘New Uzbekistan’?

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What Will It Take to Finally Build a ‘New Uzbekistan’?

Magazine Since 2016, Mirziyoyev’s reforms have often served two purposes: a populist aim paired with an overriding interest in regime security. In this handout photo released by Uzbekistan’s Presidential Press Office, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks during a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 28, 2023. Credit: Uzbekistan’s Presidential Press Office via AP Advertisement On November … Read more

Karakalpakstan’s Sovereignty in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan

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Karakalpakstan’s Sovereignty in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan

Advertisement “Karakalpakstan is not Uzbekistan,” Aman Sagidullayev, the leader of the Alga Karakalpakstan movement stressed to The Diplomat. Sagidullayev fled his homeland in 2012 for Kyrgyzstan and eventually even farther abroad. His movement’s demand for a referendum on independence in Karakalpakstan was viewed by Tashkent as nothing short of rank separatism. “We Karakalpaks, apart from … Read more