Central Asia in Focus
Central Asia in Focus: Concerns and Opportunities with the Taliban
In this week’s edition: Central Asian countries’ concerns about the Taliban, China funds a hydropower plant, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Putin’s Credibility in Central Asia
Prigozhin’s mutiny, religious freedom in Kazakhstan, Kazakh and Kyrgyz companies help Russia avoid sanctions, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Kyrgyzstan’s Energy Emergency
In this week’s edition: Kyrgyzstan’s energy emergency, Tajik authorities declare Pamiri news outlet extremist, a death in a Turkmen breadline, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Kazakh Opposition Party Denied Registration For 16th Time
Kazakh opposition party denied registration, Taliban rejects Central Asian fuel, the deteriorating human rights situation in Tajikistan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: No Change in Uzbekistan Until At Least 2037
Plus the falling Russian ruble’s effect on remittances, the new China-Afghanistan route, and more.
Central Asia In Focus: Breadline Beatings In Turkmenistan
In this week’s edition, breadline beatings in Turkmenistan, a victory for maternal names in Kyrgyzstan, the upcoming Uzbek election, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russian Gas Flows to Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan will receive Russian gas, Turkmenistan puts a new city on the map, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: The Shrinking Caspian Sea
Receding water in the Caspian, Russia tries to maintain influence in Kyrgyzstan, legal questions in Kazakhstan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russia’s Influence on Kyrgyz Legislation
Plus an alleged coup in Kyrgyzstan, water shortage, toxic ammonia spill, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Water Clashes
Afghan-Iran clashes over water, Kyrgyz “Foreign Representatives” law, Uzbek Opposition Leader attacked, and more.