Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Central Asia

EurasiaChat: Putin stole the show, but Turkey brought the goods

Aigerim Toleukhanova, Joanna Lillis, EurasiaChat Oct 17, 2022
Erdogan The Turkish leader has found a new way to handle cooperation with Central Asia (Kazakh government handout)

In our podcast this week, hosts Aigerim Toleukhanova and Joanna Lillis discuss how Tajikistan is rounding up journalists following a violent crackdown in the Pamirs earlier this year. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is detaining Karakalpak activists from Uzbekistan – and Tashkent is mum on the constitutional changes that prompted unrest in July.

Kazakhstan, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Central Asia

EurasiaChat: The week China displaced Russia in Central Asia

Aigerim Toleukhanova, Joanna Lillis, EurasiaChat Sep 19, 2022
Xi and Tokayev Xi visiting Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev last week. (Akorda)

In the first episode of our new podcast: When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin visited Central Asia this week, it was clear the Chinese president held the upper hand. Xi made a strong statement of support for Kazakh territorial integrity and sovereignty, while Russia's leader struggled to explain his faltering war in Ukraine. It was a watershed moment in the region's independent history, as the countries draw closer to China and further from Russia.