Skip to main content

Eurasianet

Main Menu

  • Regions
  • Topics
  • Media
  • About
  • Search
  • Newsletter
  • русский
  • Support us
X

Caucasus

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Conflict Zones

Abkhazia
Nagorno Karabakh
South Ossetia

Eastern Europe

Belarus
Moldova
Russia
The Baltics
Ukraine

Eurasian Fringe

Afghanistan
China
EU
Iran
Mongolia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
X

Environment

Economy

Politics

Kazakhstan's Bloody January 2022
Kyrgyzstan 2020 unrest

Security

Society

American diplomats in Central Asia
Arts and Culture
Coronavirus
Student spotlight
X

Visual Stories

Podcast
Video

Blogs

Tamada Tales
The Bug Pit

Podcasts

EurasiaChat
Expert Opinions
The Central Asianist
X
You can search using keywords to narrow down the list.

Search | 182 Articles

Lake Azat, near Yerevan

Perspectives | Dam building on the Kura-Aras and water tensions in the Caucasus

Amid pressures from climate change, hydropower dams are further disrupting cross-border water supplies. Part two in a series.
Nareg Kuyumjian Dec 28, 2021
A joint Kazakh-Russian military exercise in 2018. (Photo: Russian Defense Ministry)

Kazakhstan ratifies updated military coop agreement with Russia

Moscow is working to stop the West engaging in security dialogue with Central Asian states.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 22, 2021
Aliyev celebrating victory at the at Gulabird hydropower plant in February (president.az)

Perspectives | Don’t water it down: The role of water security in the Armenia-Azerbaijan war

Water disputes helped escalate the conflict into all-out war. Left unaddressed, they pose the same risk again. The first in a three-part series.
Nareg Kuyumjian Dec 22, 2021
Turkmen manat

Turkmenistan: Money, money, money

Despite Ashgabat’s fervent diplomacy, one ingredient is missing from its dream project across Afghanistan. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 21, 2021
The head of the opposition-run embassy in Dushanbe, Zahir Aghbar. (Photo: Eurasianet)

Taliban accidentally wires money to Tajikistan-based opposition

The embassy says it refuses to give back the cash.
Kamila Ibragimova Dec 20, 2021
Azerbaijani soldiers

One year after arrests for war crimes, Azerbaijan remains silent

Last year Baku took the surprising step of announcing the prosecutions of four soldiers for crimes against Armenians. But there is no word on what happened since – and no reciprocation from Armenia, either.
Ulkar Natiqqizi Dec 15, 2021
Heavy cargo is currently sent to space on Proton rockets. (Photo: Russian Emergency Services Ministry)

Kazakhstan: New Baikonur launch facility to be named after Nazarbayev

The new launchpad is designed to accommodate more environmentally safe craft.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 15, 2021
Berdymukhamedov and Babushkin

Turkmenistan: Howdy partner

Turkmenistan is busily engaging with neighbors. Plus: Dancing diplomats and the president’s nephew liquidates a dodgy scheme after journalists exposed him. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 14, 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
Armenian soldiers

A year after war, Armenian prisoners still bargaining chips in Azerbaijan

The Armenian government has come under fire for appearing to discredit as “deserters” the dozens of soldiers still in captivity.
Ani Mejlumyan Dec 10, 2021
A screenshot of Uzbek militants pledging allegiance to IS.

Perspectives | Islamic State continues anti-Taliban PR push, with Tashkent in crosshairs

The Islamic State in Afghanistan is using the Taliban’s cozy relations with Uzbekistan as propaganda fodder.
Lucas Webber Dec 9, 2021
Karabakh demining

International court orders Armenia and Azerbaijan to curb racial hatred

The International Court of Justice declined, however, to order more concrete measures related to Armenian prisoners and maps of land mines in Azerbaijan.
Joshua Kucera Dec 8, 2021
Tajik boys

Tajikistan press-gangs an army to defend long Afghan border

The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalized into service. And they are the country’s first line of defense.
Kamila Ibragimova Dec 2, 2021
Ogulgerek

Turkmenistan: Door to Hell slammed shut

As hopes for an Afghanistan gas pipeline fade again, there is more upbeat news to the west.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 30, 2021
Putin Pashinyan Aliyev

Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan meet, agree to work bilaterally

There was much to discuss just over a year after the end of the war, including ongoing border tensions, plans to reopen borders and transportation, and the fate of Armenian prisoners.
Joshua Kucera Nov 26, 2021

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page next
  • Last page last
You can search using keywords to narrow down the list of search results.

Regions

  • Nagorno Karabakh(80)
  • Russia(77)
  • Afghanistan(60)
  • Central Asia(279)
  • Caucasus(165)
  • Azerbaijan(121)
  • Armenia(107)
  • Kazakhstan(91)
  • Tajikistan(75)
  • Kyrgyzstan(67)
  • Uzbekistan(63)
  • Turkmenistan(61)
  • China(55)
  • Georgia(37)
  • Iran(21)
  • Turkey(21)
  • United States(19)
  • EU(5)
  • Belarus(2)
  • South Ossetia(2)
  • Ukraine(2)
  • Abkhazia(1)

Topics

  • Security(133)
  • Economy(76)
  • Arts and Culture(5)
  • Politics(78)
  • Society(46)
  • Environment(11)
  • Coronavirus(10)
  • American diplomats in Central Asia(2)

Year

  • 2021(182)
Reset

Eurasianet

  • About
  • Team
  • Contribute
  • Republishing
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corrections
  • Contact
Eurasianet © 2023