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Search | 77 Articles

Mikhail An, center, in a screenshot from Brian Song’s new film Misha.

Uzbekistan: The Koryo Saram’s tragic Soviet soccer superstar

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.
Chris Rickleton Dec 18, 2020
Rahmon cakes

In time of hunger, Tajik president pictured with plenty

Let them eat cake.
Dec 18, 2020
Laborers in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd Province

Tajikistan: Even Russia feels pain as pandemic wreaks havoc on migration lifeline

Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.
Dec 17, 2020
Kazakh road

Perspectives | The BRI is not at the end of the road

Don’t judge the Belt and Road Initiative by its bottom line. Beijing wants to make the rules.
Srdjan Uljevic Dec 16, 2020
Gazprom will decide who’s been naughty or nice. (Gazprom)

Here’s Looking at EAEU: What a gas!

Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.
Here’s looking at EAEU Dec 10, 2020
Rosy picture: Kyrgyz state media are hailing the state of relations with China. (Photo: KTRK screengrab)

Kyrgyzstan pleads for more Chinese help in building key infrastructure

Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.
Dec 9, 2020

FT investigation on Kazakhstan

Dec 3, 2020
Xi and Khamenei

Perspectives | How China gains from Armenia-Azerbaijan war

The distant war may play a role in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Nima Khorrami Dec 2, 2020
Rustam Emomali speaking in Moscow to a group of Russian officials. (Photo: Russian Federation Council website)

Tajikistan: Emomali’s Russia visit signals his emerging role

Any breakthrough in improving the lot of labor migrants will be touted as sign of his political heft.
Nov 26, 2020
No crowds, except when he comes out. (state media)

Turkmenistan: The dammed united

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 24, 2020
Huawei in Uzbekistan

China diversifies in Central Asia

Beijing has adopted a new economic model for the region, investing less in major infrastructure and spreading its risk.
Dirk van der Kley Nov 23, 2020
Kyrgyz MFA handout

Kyrgyzstan's China debt: Between crowdfunding and austerity

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.
Chris Rickleton Nov 17, 2020
There's some Khorgos in this house: Lines are the norm at this China-Kazakhstan crossing. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: IT system at China border increases corruption and lines

Some appear to be using bribes to circumvent the technology.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 16, 2020
Land of plenty – for him (government handout photo)

Coronavirus adds to reasons to escape Tajikistan

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.
Nov 13, 2020
Chinese troops patrol the border with Tajikistan

Perspectives | What happened to China’s ‘peaceful rise’?

Recent events on China’s periphery confirm that Beijing is playing a long game for regional dominance.
Srdjan Uljevic Nov 12, 2020

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