Skip to main content

Eurasianet

Main Menu

  • Regions
  • Topics
  • Media
  • About
  • Search
  • Newsletter
  • русский
  • Support us
X

Caucasus

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Conflict Zones

Abkhazia
Nagorno Karabakh
South Ossetia
Transnistria

Eastern Europe

Belarus
Moldova
Russia
The Baltics
Ukraine

Eurasian Fringe

Afghanistan
China
EU
Iran
Mongolia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
X

Arts and Culture

Economy

Politics

Kazakhstan 2022 unrest
Kyrgyzstan 2020 unrest

Security

Society

American diplomats in Central Asia
Arts and Culture
Coronavirus
Student spotlight
X

Visual Stories

Audio
Video

Blogs

Tamada Tales
The Bug Pit

Podcasts

Expert Opinions
The Central Asianist
X
You can search using keywords to narrow down the list.
Top Story
Russian peacekeeper

Karabakh residents increasingly questioning Russian peacekeepers’ effectiveness

Lilit Shahverdyan Aug 11, 2022
A series of ceasefire violations has led to an unprecedented level of criticism, even as the Armenians of Karabakh still see the peacekeepers as their main guarantor of security.

Turkmenistan: Come fly with me

Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 9, 2022
Obsessing about sports, building bridges, and speaking up for China. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

As tourists flow in, anti-Russian sentiment again spikes in Georgia

Nini Gabritchidze Aug 9, 2022
Online battles between patriotic Russians and Georgians have raged, while some opposition figures are calling for a visa regime for Russians.
Get our weekly newsletter

Follow Eurasianet

Latest

View More

Uzbekistan’s chess triumph sparks frenzy

Aug 12, 2022
The president said the World Chess Olympiad winners in Chennai had left “a huge mark on history.”

Sugar becomes currency for bribery as shortages plague Kazakhstan

Joanna Lillis Aug 11, 2022
The shortages have been fueled by a Russian export ban.

Uzbekistan has another go at creating its own social media platform

Aug 11, 2022
Authorities insist the initiative is intended to protect personal data.

Tajikistan: Pamiri activists imprisoned en masse

Aug 11, 2022
Few defendants appear able to get legal representation.

Featured

View More
Novorossiysk

Perspectives | Beijing and Moscow clash over Kazakhstan’s oil

Joe Webster, Paddy Ryan Aug 11, 2022
China wants Russia to stop interfering with Kazakh oil exports.
The tunnels were formidable constructions that must have taken considerable time to excavate. (photos: Uzbek SSS/Telegram)

Kyrgyzstan’s elusive smuggler tunnels to Uzbekistan

Bakyt Ibraimov Aug 10, 2022
Several of the tunnels start near a vast bazaar in southern Kyrgyzstan.

environmental reporting

apples

Central Asia’s wild apple trees are disappearing

Dirty industry, dire future (David Trilling)

Effective climate action in Central Asia requires tweaks in donor approaches – report

gulls

Batumi development would break Georgia’s biodiversity promise to EU

read more

Ukraine war fallout

Electronics are among the items earmarked for sanctions. (Photo: Tomsk regional government)

Washington flags Central Asian states over potential sanctions-dodging

Rahmon welcomes Putin

What was Putin doing in Tajikistan?

Zavodnova

Georgians grudgingly accept growing Russian presence

read more

China in Eurasia

Tajik China railway

Tajikistan: The cost of Chinese debt

Chinese delegation

Kyrgyzstan’s big-dollar deal with newbie Chinese company raises questions

GBAO road

Tajikistan: As dust settles on Pamir conflict, Chinese roadworks begin

read more about China's heft in Eurasia

Visual Stories

Chornobyl

Photo story: Danger and beauty in Ukraine’s Chornobyl exclusion zone

Burhanuddin Rabbani

Afghanistan: The Taliban’s first fall and an opening for Tajik journalists

Kapchygai

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: More weapons, less certainty at the troubled border

tents

Kyrgyzstan: The saga of small farmers battered by the drought

Chinese flag (all photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Waiting and loathing on the Chinese border

men digging in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Film | Bukhara: People Live Here

More Visual Stories

Eurasianet

  • About
  • Team
  • Contribute
  • Republishing
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corrections
  • Contact
Eurasianet © 2022