The authoritarian-minded leadership of Uzbekistan is promoting reforms ... Another initiative, proposed by a pro-government political party, would enable convicted criminals to shave time off ...

Anti-Chinese sentiment is rising in Uzbekistan. The government is sufficiently concerned about the animosity directed at the country’s largest trading partner that officials are mounting a media ...

Human Rights Watch reported in 2002 that journalists are often prevented from writing about a variety of issues, including government corruption. Uzbekistan is one of the most authoritarian ...

The Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Index of Economic Freedom ranked Georgia’s business climate as equivalent to that in Belgium, ...