Uzbekistan

Since the war began, America has had one lens for Central Asia. What happens now?

After years of state oppression, many Uzbeks are finding stricter interpretations of Islam on the internet. Some experts say it could have radical consequences.

Terrorists from India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan were never at the forefront of global jihad before—now they are.

The Kremlin didn’t invent term limit resets and constitutional referendums. The autocratic leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan blazed the trail.

Companies should not buy Uzbekistan’s cotton until labor protections and responsible sourcing are guaranteed.

It could help modernize the country’s economy.

Authoritarian states have been downplaying numbers. That won’t last.

The Ilkhom Theatre Company has kept freedom alive in Uzbekistan since before the fall of the Soviet Union.

Long-needed reforms are changing what was once a grim autocracy. Washington can help.

The Islamic State has ramped up its Russian-language recruitment.

A new report from Human Rights Watch and Uzbek activists alleges the continued use of forced and child labor in harvesting the Central Asian country’s cotton crop.

For the first time in 25 years, Uzbekistan has a new president -- and he's left fixing a host of economic and political problems.

This Uzbek mayor is threatening to publish names of couples who seek divorce.

Uzbekistan’s dictator is dead, but his brutal efforts to crush Islamist extremism leave a long and ugly legacy. And Washington will be left cleaning up the mess.

The tyrant of Uzbekistan assassinated his enemies, jailed anyone who spoke against him, and crushed human rights. Why did America so willingly look the other way?

For years, the five ex-Soviet republics have enjoyed surprising stability. But Russia’s economic crisis is shaking their foundations.

How Central Asians are fighting for their rights, one YouTube clip at a time.

Inside an Uzbek Internet rebellion.

Ten years after a massacre that shocked the world, the regime of Islam Karimov is still in power -- and as brutal as ever.

Uzbekistan’s president has jailed, tortured, and murdered his opponents at home. Now, he’s hiring hit men to track down and kill dissidents abroad.