1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov January 15, 2020Reforms in UzbekistanBackground Following years of economic and foreign policy isolationism, Uzbekistans government is currently engaged in a wide-ranging reform effort that is transforming regional dynamics in Central Asia and creating new opportuniti
2、es for U.S. engagement across a range of sectors. From 1991 to 2016, Uzbekistan was led by President Islam Karimov, a former high-level Soviet official. International observers considered his rule authoritarian and highly repressive. Karimovs economic policies emphasized self-sufficiency, and his go
3、vernment pursued a largely isolationist foreign policy. Following Karimovs September 2016 death, he was succeeded as president by then-Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Mirziyoyev had a long career as a government official under Karimov and was widely expected to continue his predecessors policies.
4、 Yet he embarked on an ambitious reform program that aims to transform Uzbekistan by modernizing and liberalizing the economy, streamlining the bureaucracy, easing political repression, addressing human rights concerns, reengaging with the international community, and attracting increased foreign in
