Central Asia: Beijing bracing for summit-o-rama A bulletin of recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs. China-Central Asia Monitor May 10, 2023
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
Tajikistan pleads poverty, spends money on unneeded luxuries A panhandling president is unaccountable to his Western benefactors. Apr 26, 2023
EurasiaChat: Sexual slavery in Uzbekistan And even a strongman needs friends. Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov Apr 10, 2023
EurasiaChat: A year of de-Russification in Central Asia Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov Feb 27, 2023
Tajiks skeptical about government earthquake plans Authorities have responded to public fears by forming a committee to oversee existing committees. Sher Khashimov Feb 23, 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Dozens more children, women repatriated from Syrian camps Attention will now turn to the delicate process of enabling children to readapt to normal civilian life. Nurbek Bekmurzaev Feb 23, 2023
Tajikistan: Avalanche claims 13 lives, president extends condolences Rahmon rarely acknowledges major disasters, but he may feel the need to paper over fraught relations with the Pamiris. Feb 16, 2023
Number of Tajiks seeking to get Russian citizenship growing fast 174,000 Tajiks became citizens of Russia in 2022, up from 104,000 the year before. Feb 10, 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
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
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
Tajikistan: Families freeze while energy independence chimera remains ever distant Tajikistan has struggled for over a decade to raise funds for the world's tallest dam, leaving its population freezing each winter and skimping on basic social services. Dec 14, 2022