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EurasiaChat: Speaking truth to (and about) power

In this latest edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, EurasiaNet Central Asia editor Peter Leonard and co-presenter Alisher Khamidov first turned their attention to more bad news about media freedoms in Kyrgyzstan.
EurasiaChat: The rough with the smooth in Kyrgyzstan
The latest edition of our EurasiaChat podcast kicked off with some thoughts from Eurasianet Central Asia editor, Peter Leonard, on his experience of doing the notoriously grueling Silk Road Mountain Race.
EurasiaChat: Doing business with the Taliban

In this week’s EurasiaChat podcast, co-presenters Peter Leonard and Alisher Khamidov turned their attention to the question of the recent visit of a Taliban business delegation to Kazakhstan.
EurasiaChat: Sanctions bind, tourism tensions, and naming struggles

The West’s campaign of trade sanctions against Russia has put Kyrgyzstan in a bind.
Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced it had slapped sanctions on four companies in the country for enabling the circumvention of export bans of dual-use material to Russia.
EurasiaChat: Building Central Asia's future with bricks not thought

That Uzbekistan’s presidential election would be won by the incumbent, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was a given.
So in this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, Alisher Khamidov and Peter Leonard discussed how this vote came to be and what it implies for the future of Uzbekistan.
EurasiaChat: Nyet to Russian singers in Central Asia

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, its cultural exports have been viewed with suspicion all over the world, including in traditionally receptive Central Asia.
EurasiaChat: Tajikistan's press-gang style

Alisher Khamidov opens this edition of our EurasiaChat podcast by dwelling on how military conscript recruiters in Tajikistan resort to extreme lengths to hit their quotas.
EurasiaChat: China, Islam... and love in Philadelphia

In this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, Alisher Khamidov shares some insights on his recent stay in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, which he describes as being like a “new Almaty or new Tashkent” for all the Central Asian migrants that have settled there.
EurasiaChat: Water and work in short supply

In our podcast this week, Alisher Khamidov, Peter Leonard and Aigerim Toleukhanova provide an update on how Central Asian countries may be abetting Russian efforts to circumvent international sanctions, and what Western officials are doing to tighten these loopholes. Senior U.S.