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Tajikistan is eager to project its military strength amid recurrent border tensions. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan hands control over border airports to armed forces

The airports have lain largely idle since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Sep 27, 2023
Hands up if you think you are running Turkmenistan: Former President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, left, standing alongside the incumbent president, his son, Serdar, at a session of the Halk Maslahaty on September 24. (Photo: Turkmenistan state media)

Turkmenistan: What Serdar does in the shadows

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 27, 2023
Pan Yue (right), the head of China’s State Committee for Nationalities Affairs, and Aida Balayeva, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture, hold copies of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between their agencies signed on September 18. (Photo: gov.kz)

Xinjiang crackdown downplayed during Chinese nationalities rep’s visit to Kazakhstan

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Sep 22, 2023
Pashinyan (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin's first meeting in 2018. It's been an uncomfortable relationship from the start (Kremlin.ru)

As Azerbaijan takes over Karabakh, Armenian-Russian ties reach new nadir

Many Armenians believe the strategic partnership with Russia has brought their country nothing but ruin and want to look elsewhere, but Moscow retains ample levers to exert pressure.
John Horan Sep 21, 2023
Japarov and Rahmon meeting in New York. (Photo: Tajik presidential administration)

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan presidents meet to tamp down border tensions

The head of the Kyrgyz security services sparked alarm by asserting that Bishkek was willing to uphold its territorial claims through force.
Sep 20, 2023
Missing out: All the Central Asia presidents minus one, Kyrgyzstan's Sadyr Japarov, seen in Dushanbe last week. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

EurasiaChat: Speaking truth to (and about) power

Kyrgyzstan's Media Struggles, Electricity Woes, and Uzbekistan's Religious Discourse.
EurasiaChat, Alisher Khamidov, Aigerim Toleukhanova, Peter Leonard Sep 18, 2023
Mamuka Mamulashvili (R) dismissed the government's claim that he is involved in plotting a coup (Facebook; Mamuka Mamulashvili)

Georgia: Chronicle of coup foretold

National security services claim a coup is being plotted against the Georgian government from Ukraine.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2023
Say integration: The presidents of Central Asia and Azerbaijan posing for a photo ahead of a plenary session on September 14. (Photo: Tajik presidential office)

Central Asia's leaders get into specifics on trade-boosting initiatives

The fifth consultative meeting of the region's presidents was rich with dialogue on practicalities, but implementation is a tricky task.
Sep 15, 2023
Don't mention the war: Kamyzyaki's support for the Ukraine invasion has made them undesirables in Kazakhstan. (Photo: Instagram)

In Kazakhstan, comedy is no laughing matter

A Russian comedy group getting concerts canceled over its support for the Ukraine war is another harbinger of where public sentiment lies.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 15, 2023
An image of the Russian aid truck in Nagorno-Karabakh was shared by a former de facto official (X; Artak Beglaryan)

Nagorno-Karabakh receives first aid in months, but route to Armenia remains closed

The aid was supplied by the Russian Red Cross via the Azerbaijani city of Aghdam. But the Lachin road, connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, remains closed.
Heydar Isayev, Lilit Shahverdyan Sep 13, 2023
Bearing gifts: The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, presenting a copy of a history textbook to the principal of the A.S. Pushkin Russian-Turkmen school in Ashgabat, Irina Kuminova. (Photo: Saint Petersburg City Administration)

Turkmenistan: Playing it by the textbook

Ashgabat is trying to be pals with Western economic partners, but its Russian sympathies are showing. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 12, 2023
Abduhalil Kholikzoda. (Photo: Facebook)

Tajikistan: Terrorism, slander, corruption claims swirl in latest sign of elite infighting

An old friend of the security services and police chiefs has been dragged into a tussle with the newly powerful General Prosecutor.
Sep 8, 2023
Prime Minister Pashinyan said Armenia committed a "strategic mistake" by relying heavily on Russia for its security (Primeminister.am)

Tensions rise between Armenia, Russia

More than ever, Armenia's government is questioning the efficacy of the country's strategic partnership with Russia.
Ani Avetisyan Sep 7, 2023
Kazakhstan unveiled prototypes of four different drone models produced in cooperation with China. (Photo: Ratel.kz)

Central Asia: Could Kazakh-Chinese joint venture export drones to Russia?

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 30, 2023
Few see the sense of turning up to soccer matches in Turkmenistan these days. (Photo: Turkmenistan football federation)

Turkmenistan: Union busting

Unfair soccer league, and potential and real gas deals aplenty, with Hungary, Iraq and Uzbekistan.
Aug 29, 2023

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