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Search | 22 Articles

Putin, Nazarbayev and Hu

Memoir | Where is Central Asia, anyway?

A former top U.S. diplomat reflects on Central Asia’s identity crisis.
Richard Boucher Dec 17, 2021
Abdurozik appearing in Morgenshtern’s music video

Tajikistan: Little person’s bigtime courts controversy

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.
Dec 13, 2021
Kazakh coal

Kazakhstan looks to nuclear amid crypto-driven energy shortage

The country no longer has a choice, the president says.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 22, 2021
coal Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan seeks to buy electricity from Russia amid crypto shortages

Officials blame an 8 percent spike in consumption on crypto miners from China.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 8, 2021
Orto-Tokoy

‘Expect less water next year,’ Kyrgyzstan warns downstream neighbors

Relations between upstream and downstream Central Asian countries can be tense. This won’t help.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Nov 5, 2021
Samani Somoni

Memoir | A tale of two cities and many mountains

Even in the late 1990s, there were already signs that President Rahmon would ignore the peace accords, writes the former U.S. ambassador.
Robert Finn Oct 29, 2021
Kazakh textbooks as seen on the open university portal.

Kazakhstan: 100 famed textbooks translated into Kazakh

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 23, 2021
Uranium Kazakhstan

Nuclear power riles Kazakhs once again

Kazakhstan’s energy needs are overwhelmingly served by burning dirty coal.
Zholdas Orisbayev Sep 16, 2021
Toasting the initialing of the Karshi-Khanabad agreement in Tashkent (Courtesy photo)

Memoir | 9/11 shifted the world. In Central Asia, diplomatic frenzy ensued

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.
Richard E. Hoagland Sep 10, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Rumsfeld and Rahmonov

Memoir | 9/11: The American discovery of Tajikistan

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.
Franklin P. Huddle, Jr. Aug 27, 2021
Abdulvahid Jeenbek with his family

Taliban, weather, geopolitics: Afghanistan’s Kyrgyz wrestle with ‘stay or go?’

The small community has been thrust back into the news by the Taliban advance. But there are no easy answers to questions about their future.
Bermet Talant Aug 9, 2021
Akayev speaking to journalists in Bishkek on August 2. (Danil Usmanov for Eurasianet)

Kyrgyzstan: As Akayev returns, government looks to keep control of Kumtor cash cow

Can the former president, in exile for 16 years, help the government's case that a major foreign investor has played dirty from the start?
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Aug 2, 2021
Syr Darya

Kyrgyzstan: Government provides little comfort to drought-hit farmers

Water is scarce and food prices already rising.
Jun 17, 2021
Bahri Tojik reservoir, also known as Kairakum Reservoir, in northern Tajikistan. (Photo: World Bank)

Tajikistan shares irrigation water with Kazakhstan

Diverting 315 million cubic meters could help Kazakhstan avoid a summer of drought.
Almaz Kumenov Jun 2, 2021

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