Eurasianet

Sanctions on Russia have stopped deliveries from the factories that traditionally supplied Kazakhstan.

An energy watcher recalls how Europe’s fixation with market powers drove it into the arms of a Russian monopolist.

The current process, unlike previous efforts, is a largely top-down one. What can we do to change that?

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.

China wants Russia to stop interfering with Kazakh oil exports.

Few defendants appear able to get legal representation.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

Both have long-duration electricity supply agreements signed before the Taliban returned to power.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

The Taliban have begun a PR blitz against the Islamic State, which has challenged the new Afghan government’s promise to bring peace to the country and its borders.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

Baku has been reforming its armed forces with a new education system, new weaponry, and a big increase in special forces units. And it is all being modeled after Turkey’s military.

The pressure comes months after a crackdown in the Pamirs against followers of the Europe-based religious leader.

Greenpeace found radiation levels three times higher than earlier reported by the IAEA.