{"product_id":"uzbekistans-new-face-9781538124741","title":"Uzbekistan's New Face","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUzbekistan, long considered the  center of Central Asia, has the region’s largest population and borders every other regional state including Afghanistan. For the first 25 years of its independence, it adopted a cautious, defensive policy that emphasized sovereignty and treated regional efforts at cooperation with skepticism. But after taking over as President in autumn 2016, Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched a breathtaking series of reform initiatives. His slogan – “it is high time the government serves the people, not vice versa” – led to large-scale reforms in virtually every sector. Time will tell whether the reform effort will succeed, but its first positive fruits are already visible, particularly in a new dynamism within Uzbek society, as well as a fresh approach to foreign relations, where a new spirit of regionalism is taking root. This book is the first systematic effort to analyze Uzbekistan’s reforms.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041144373591,"sku":"9781538124741","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538124741.jpg?v=1750949105","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uzbekistans-new-face-9781538124741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}