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A presentation during a Kyrgyz delegation’s visit to China in May. (Photo: gov.kg)

Central Asia: China keeping rail deals on track

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Bulletin Jun 1, 2023
Russia is exploring desperate ranks to replenish its armed forces. (Photo: State Duma website)

Tajikistan: Dual citizenship-holders fear Russian army call-up

Nationalist calls for migrants in Russia to "pay their dues" are starting to be heard against a mounting backdrop of xenophobic sentiment.
Jun 1, 2023
Not taking the long view: Authorities routinely insist on the importance of the cotton crop. (Photo: Turkmen government website)

Turkmenistan: Karakum as you are, as you were

The authorities suffer from a case of misplaced priorities in thinking about the future. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin May 30, 2023
A ceremony in honor of the heads of state participating in the China-Central Asia summit. (Photo: akorda.kz)

Central Asia: Summiteers seal many deals, reveal scant details

An update on recent developments in China-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Bulletin May 25, 2023
Rahmon, left, touring the premises of Sipar Guruh in Tursunzoda. (Photo: Tajik presidential administration)

Tajikistan opens military vehicle assembly plant

Rahmon is selling this as a triumph for his industrialization agenda, but there are concerns of mounting militarization.
May 24, 2023
Roghun ready: Tajikistan has already spent $3 billion on building the dam. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

Tajikistan eyes $500M windfall loan for Roghun

Following the twin blows of COVID and Russia's war in Ukraine, Dushanbe is struggling to pay for the dam itself.
May 22, 2023
Wowing the presidents in Xian: Chinese hosts pulled out the stops with their opening show for the inaugural Central Asia-China heads of state summit. (Photo: Kazakhstan presidential administration)

EurasiaChat: China, Islam... and love in Philadelphia

Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality.
EurasiaChat, Alisher Khamidov, Peter Leonard May 22, 2023
(Photo: Xinhua)

China-Central Asia summit: lots of rhetoric, little substance

Xi offers a helping hand in developing Central Asian political parties.
May 19, 2023
CCTV+, controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and “committed to telling China’s story to the rest of the world,” is expanding its presence in Central Asia. (Screenshot)

Central Asia: Beijing making steady inroads in regional trade, mass media

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Bulletin May 17, 2023
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov at the Tajik leader's country residence on May 11. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

Turkmenistan: Fiddling while gas leaks

The scale of the country's methane emissions is becoming a major embarrassment, but the government seems unwilling to do anything about it. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke bulletin.
May 16, 2023
Foreign ministers of SCO member states meet during the organization’s gathering on May 4-5. (Photo: MFA of Kazakhstan)

Central Asia: Beijing bracing for summit-o-rama

A bulletin of recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Bulletin May 10, 2023

Russian journalist: Ukrainians are confident of final victory

Ten-day tour reveals that Ukrainian national identity is stronger than ever.
May 9, 2023
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino standing beside Rustam Emomali, the speaker of the senate, mayor of Dushanbe and, also, president of the Central Asia Football Association. (Photo: Tajikistan football association)

EurasiaChat: Water and work in short supply

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.
Alisher Khamidov, Aigerim Toleukhanova, Peter Leonard, EurasiaChat May 8, 2023
Kyrgyzstan’s government informed HRW that hundreds of homes, along with 12 schools, nine kindergartens, and six medical facilities were torched. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

HRW accuses Kyrgyz, Tajik forces of committing war crimes in border conflict

The rights group's report suggests that troops on both sides knowingly targeted civilians with deadly force.
May 2, 2023
Civic engagement in Ukraine surged in the wake of the Euromaidan protests in 2014, then dipped in 2017, amid deepening public disillusionment with the government’s failure to tackle corruption, but started rising again in 2019 after Volodymyr Zelenskyy became president. (Photo: Ivan Bandura, CC BY 2.0, t.ly/NAEI)

Report highlights how Russia misread Ukraine’s popular mood

The signs of solidarity and resilience shown by Ukrainians were evident in the decade leading up to the war, but the Kremlin ignored the evidence.
May 2, 2023

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