As Uzbekistan freezes, is it exporting valuable gas to China – or not? This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Joanna Lillis Jan 24, 2023
Armenia considers recruiting women as part of military reform The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes. Arshaluis Mgdesyan Jan 23, 2023
Tajikistan: In a world of unreliable men, polygamy offers uneasy answer Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned. Jan 20, 2023
Uzbekistan tries – and mostly fails – to cope with shock winter Meteorologists say Tashkent has not seen such cold in 50 years. Jan 18, 2023
Turkmenistan: The big chill It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 17, 2023
EurasiaChat: Healthcare is collapsing in Central Asia and doctors are being blamed Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts. Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov Jan 17, 2023
Tajikistan: Cold weather precipitates end to power rationing The state-owned electricity provider had been suspending supplies from 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily. Jan 16, 2023
Uzbekistan: Courtroom dramas play out in trial over Karakalpakstan violence For all the government's boasts of transparency, critics of the trial say rigorous scrutiny has been sorely lacking. Joanna Lillis Jan 13, 2023
Perspectives | Turkmenistan forgets Memory Day As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online. Oguljamal Yazliyeva Jan 12, 2023
Tajikistan police use public shaming to silence women Police are enforcing an unwritten moral code that applies only to women. Jan 11, 2023
Harsh winter weather sweeps across Central Asia Temperatures in Kazakhstan are slipping to below -30 degrees Celsius. Jan 10, 2023
The decline of student debate clubs signals erosion of critical thinking in Russia As the Russian government discourages independent thinking, student debate clubs are being squeezed. Kimberly O’Haver Jan 9, 2023
Turkmenistan: Keeping it in the family The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 3, 2023
Uzbekistan: 19 children dead from Indian-made cough syrup Uzbekistan is the second-largest market for Indian pharmaceuticals in the former Soviet Union. Joanna Lillis Jan 2, 2023
Kyrgyzstan presses ahead with prosecution of border deal critics despite hunger strike Making an example of this group looks like an attempt to put an indefinite end to Kyrgyzstan’s periodic cycle of extra-parliamentary regime changes. Aiday Erkebaeva Dec 28, 2022