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Each week, hosts Bruce Pannier and Muhammad Tahir welcome a panel of expert guests to discuss significant political developments and pressing social issues affecting the nations of Central A...
A lot has changed in Central Asia in the more than three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The region’s giant...
Top EU officials visited Central Asia for the first-ever EU-Central Asian summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Joining host Bruce Pannier are Te...
The Caspian Sea is home to many unique marine species and other wildlife. The Caspian Sea Basin is also rich in oil and natural gas. The dev...
Tajikistan has been acknowledged by Freedom House as one of the worst human rights violators for years, but 2025 has seen Tajik authorities...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) just released its annual report about the human rights situation around the world https://www.hrw.org/world-report/...
We know what U.S. policy for Central Asia was when Donald Trump was president the first time. But the region has changed significantly in th...
This year’s edition of the international 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign got under way on November 25. While Cent...
China’s presence in Central Asia has been growing for 30 years. China is now a leading trade and security partner, foreign investor, and sou...
Tajik opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev arrived in Tajikistan on November 7, after he was deported from Germany, where he had been seeki...
The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs just released a detailed report on military and security forces in Tajikistan. The comprehensive...
Russian officials and celebrities have become increasingly critical of the countries and peoples of Central Asia since the Kremlin launched...
Kazakhs will vote on October 6 in a national referendum to authorize construction of a nuclear power plant. In recent winters, Kazakhstan ha...
Russia’s longtime influence in Central Asia seemed to fade after the launch of its full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022, as other coun...
Racialization is the process of viewing a specific people with preconceived notions about them. In Russia, non-Russians -- particularly peop...
Russia’s historical legacy in Central Asia has come under increased scrutiny in the region since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukrai...
In late June, Tajikistan passed a law on "alien clothing" that bans certain types of Islamic attire, particularly from Arab countries, and s...
Nearly three years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, to the dismay of much of the world. While the Central Asi...
Two years have passed since violence erupted in western Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan Sovereign Republic. In early July 2022, Uzbek law enforc...
The threat of terrorism is never far from the minds of officials in Central Asia, who know that their region shares a 2,000-kilometer border...
Turkey is building up its influence in Central Asia -- as shown by the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). The OTS includes Turkey, Azerbai...
Two years have passed since the Tajik government launched its crackdown on residents of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, or GBAO. On...
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) just released its annual report on freedom of religion in the world. The sec...
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron just completed an official trip to all five Central Asian states. For Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Tu...
Can an authoritarian government's policies contribute to its citizens becoming terrorists? Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s government has r...
Russian security forces arrested several Tajik citizens in the wake of the March 22 attack on the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow that left...
In the first two weeks of March, Turkmenistan has been unusually active in promoting its potential as a natural-gas supplier. Among the coun...
Karakalpak activists are experiencing problems in Kazakhstan and in Europe. Trouble started after Uzbek security forces brutally suppressed...
A court in Kyrgyzstan ordered the closure of Kloop Media on February 9. The court’s ruling came after a series of state-selected “experts” t...
On January 29-30, Brussels hosted an Investors Forum for European Union-Central Asia Transport Connectivity. At the forum, EU officials anno...
While Kyrgyzstan's independent media scene has been slowly deteriorating for two years, January 15 marked a turning point with raids by law...
Kyrgyzstan has changed its national flag. It was clear from the time the idea of altering the flag was first proposed in September 2023 that...
It has been more than 30 years since the five Central Asian states became independent, yet the term “Russia’s backyard” is often still used...
Central Asia has never enjoyed so much international attention as it has since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine. The search for...
Since Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev came to power in late 2016, he has often exhorted journalists to draw attention to corruption and ot...
The government's announcement of a new tax regime for local bazaars and markets sparked an unexpected backlash, with protests erupting in to...
December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Central Asian countries have all ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of P...
All five Central Asian militaries have drones, and four of the countries produce military drones domestically. Drones were first used in ang...
Headlines in Kazakhstan in recent weeks have been dominated by reports of violence against women. Two women were the victims of rape. In one...
Gallup World Poll just released the results of its annual Law and Order Index, which ranked Tajikistan as the most secure country in the wor...
Geographically, Central Asia is located a comfortable distance away from the wars in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East, but these c...
On October 25, Kyrgyzstan’s draft law on noncommercial organizations was adopted by parliament in its first reading. The bill has been criti...
It's no secret that kleptocracy is a problem in every Central Asian country. The presidents, their families, and close associates all seem t...
The Tajik government is now, arguably, the most repressive in Central Asia. Tajik authorities punish the relatives of opposition figures, cr...
A woman outside Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, was savagely attacked by her ex-husband in late September, and will be permanently disfigured...
Kazakhstan’s Finance Ministry recently posted a list of organizations and individuals in the country who receive foreign funding. Critics po...
On September 19, U.S. President Joe Biden met with the five Central Asian leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York --...
The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan met in Dushanbe on September 14-15 at a time of great unc...
Since late October 2022, when more than two dozen opposition politicians, activists, and journalists were detained, the Kyrgyz government ha...
Turkmenistan has added another dubious distinction to its reputation: methane gas super-emitter. Satellite images have shown massive methane...
Kazakh officials are moving forward with plans to build the country’s first nuclear power plant, although unsurprisingly, there is public op...