Central Asia: Is the China-Kyrgyz-Uzbek railway project encountering a red signal? Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs. China-Central Asia Monitor Dec 1, 2023
Kazakhstan: Court hands down long sentences to Petropavlovsk separatists The severity of the penalty highlights anxieties felt by the authorities since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Almaz Kumenov Nov 29, 2023
EurasiaChat: Gender-based violence rears its ugly head again In this week's podcast, we also discussed the phenomenon of undocumented migration to the U.S. and another perennial: worsening human rights. Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov, EurasiaChat Nov 27, 2023
Central Asia: All roads seem to lead to Mongolia Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs. China-Central Asia Monitor Nov 24, 2023
Kazakhstan introduces digital national currency Officials say that it will make government spending more transparent Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2023
Uzbekistan: Documentary seeks to bring Jadidist history to a new audience Critics worry, though, that the surge in interest for this period is an attempt by Uzbekistan's ruling authorities to legitimize themselves. Nov 22, 2023
Kazakhstan: Authorities to gingerly allow LPG prices to rise It was a price rise of this fuel that led to nationwide unrest in 2022. Almaz Kumenov Nov 21, 2023
Uzbekistan creates register for tracking child abusers Civil society is limited in its ability to help by official reluctance to register NGOs. Nov 20, 2023
Central Asia: Prosecutors probe for ways to improve authoritarian justice Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs. China-Central Asia Monitor Nov 17, 2023
Kazakhstan: Government tackles personal debt mountain, but not everyone is happy New legislation will place stronger requirements on lenders to ensure people taking out loans are able to pay back. Almaz Kumenov Nov 16, 2023
Unhappy with Russia, Armenia seeks new security partners Armenia has broken a major taboo by forging defense ties with France and the U.S. Arshaluis Mgdesyan Nov 15, 2023
Kazakhstan: Death of ex-official’s wife sparks conversation around domestic abuse Kuandyk Bishimbayev is said to have had a long history of assaulting his wife. Almaz Kumenov Nov 14, 2023
Turkmenistan: No country for old men? Iraq gas deal, talking to Washington on TAPI, old hands possibly on the way out. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 14, 2023
Uzbekistan: Teenager imprisoned for insulting president The 19-year-old said he wrote the remarks in a moment of immaturity, but that was not enough to spare him prison. Nov 13, 2023
EurasiaChat: As miners die, officials talk assets In Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, governments are at work taking over important assets. Also in this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, we talk about how the Gaza war is being viewed. Alisher Khamidov, Aigerim Toleukhanova, Peter Leonard, EurasiaChat Nov 13, 2023