Kazakhstan
Central Asia in Focus: The Xian Summit
Xian Summit, military cooperation, Askar Akaev back in Kyrgyzstan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Wake Up, Kazakhstan Activists Jailed
Competition for nuclear power plants, Karakalpaks appeal, snap presidential election in Uzbekistan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Governments Tighten Shackles on Independent Media
State of press freedom in Central Asia, coming water crisis, resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, and more.
Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition
A Kyrgyz court approves request to shut down Radio Azattyk; RFE/RL renews call for the release of imprisoned journalists in Belarus and Russian-occupied Crimea; and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Taliban’s Creeping Diplomatic Inroads in Central Asia
‘Terrorist’ and ‘Extremist’ charges in Tajikistan, China investing in Afghan lithium, ban on meetings in Bishkek, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Poisonous Air in Kazakhstan
Call for sanctions on Tajik Officials, criminalizing domestic violence in Uzbekistan, UN to visit Tajikistan, Kazakh oil workers detained, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: The Rape Case Shocking Uzbekistan
Kazakh labor strikes, Taliban’s relationship with Central Asian countries, Kyrgyz court extends ban on meetings, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russian Ties
Central Asian diplomacy with Russia and the West, effects of Afghan water project, Serdar Berdymukhammedov’s presidency, a new Kazakhstan?, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz hydropower, gender-based violence in Central Asia, inequality in the workplace, and more.
Central Asia In Focus: Central Asia Feels The Effects Of Turkey’s Earthquakes
Earthquakes, Kyrgyzstan’s Kempirabad case, RIP Oleg Panfilov, how Russia and Political insiders cash in on Uzbekistan’s gas sector, and more.