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Central Asia in Focus: Water Clashes

Afghan-Iran clashes over water, Kyrgyz “Foreign Representatives” law, Uzbek Opposition Leader attacked, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: The Xian Summit

Xian Summit, military cooperation, Askar Akaev back in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: Central Asians Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Uzbek Presidential Election, the Xian Summit, 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.

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: Bombings South of Uzbekistan

An Act of Defiance in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis elections, UNHCHR Chief Visiting Central Asia, 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.