With less than two weeks until a landmark constitutional referendum that will alter expectations for political reform throughout Central Asia, international interest has peaked with a major conference that took place on 17-18 April in Tashkent, featuring former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski, former Slovenian President Borut Pahor, a UK delegation featuring Lord James Wharton as well as MPs Sir Gavin Williamson and Alun Cairns, and European Conservatives’ Secretary General Tom Van Dijck, among other dignitaries from around the globe.