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Berdymukhamedov in a mask

Turkmenistan: A dog’s tale

Ecological conservation is a matter of pride in Turkmenistan. But a disconnect between rhetoric and reality is a hallmark of the Berdymukhamedov era.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 17, 2020
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus in West Azerbaijan

Perspectives | How U.S. hawks’ fixation on Iran endangers Middle East Christians

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.
Eldar Mamedov Oct 31, 2020
Turkmen military

Turkmenistan: Feeling insecure

This week in our Turkmenistan bulletin: Ashgabat and Moscow suddenly ratify an aged security agreement. Plus budgets, boasts and bribes.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 27, 2020
children outside refinery

Kyrgyzstan: Living in the shadow of a sleeping Chinese oil refinery

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 22, 2020
Different groups of druzhinniki muster in central Bishkek. (all photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: In an uprising low on heroes, defense volunteers shine

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 14, 2020
South Caucasus gas pipeline

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict poses threat to regional energy corridor

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.
David O'Byrne Oct 9, 2020
Cadets

Turkmenistan: A United Nations of weaponry

After rewarding himself with a more pliant constitution, the president held a massive military parade. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 29, 2020
Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan: Secret Chinese base becomes slightly less secret

Chinese personnel, whose presence Dushanbe denies, forbid reporters from filming.
Sep 23, 2020
Pollution in Almaty in 2014 (Wikimedia)

Kazakhstan: New study uses COVID-19 lockdown to isolate causes of air pollution

Pollution fell along with traffic during quarantine, but airborne levels of several toxic chemicals rose far above WHO limits.
Aliya Uteuova Jun 11, 2020
A street in Rushan, seen in 2016. (Photo: Hans Birger Nilsen/ Flickr)

Tajikistan: Arrests spark fresh unrest in Pamirs

Government troops are rumored to have been dispatched to quell the trouble.
May 27, 2020
Mirziyoyev inspecting the Sardoba disaster on May 2. (president.uz)

Uzbekistan: Dam collapse raises uncomfortable questions

Developments since the tragedy are prompting questions about the extent to which the Mirziyoyev government welcomes real scrutiny.
May 15, 2020
Bishkek mayor Aziz Surakmatov assuring the media that food supplies are plentiful. (Bishkek mayor’s office)

Food security in the time of coronavirus: A Eurasianet briefing

This briefing explores government policy and food provision in the Caucasus and Central Asia as COVID-19 upsets farming and trade networks around the world.
May 7, 2020
Business as usual (state media)

Turkmenistan: Together in Electric Dreams

Instead of being transparent about the economic crisis, the president is, in the manner of an unaccountable manager incapable of long-term planning, trying to do the same with less.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 14, 2020
Anybody found attempting to avoid the draft will face administrative charges and be press-ganged forcibly. (Defense Ministry)

Kazakhstan resorts to snap military draft as coronavirus spreads

Supporters of the move think it will provide a useful outlet for the momentarily unemployed.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 3, 2020
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. (National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Dashboard: Coronavirus in Eurasia - March 16-22

Reports from March 16-22 on how the pandemic has upended life in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Mar 22, 2020
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