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 Exposing Old Wounds: New Waves of Protests in the Pamirs

Exposing Old Wounds: New Waves of Protests in the Pamirs

June 10, 2022

On May 16, fighting broke out in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan between security forces and local residents. Protests had begun two days earlier in response to the [...]

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 False Claims but Real Threats: the ISKP propaganda campaign in Central Asia

False Claims but Real Threats: the ISKP propaganda campaign in Central Asia

May 27, 2022

On April 18, the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed that it had fired ten rockets at a military base in Termez, a city located near the Afghan-Uzbek border. While none of these [...]

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 A Modern Dynasty: the election of Serdar Berdymukhamedov

A Modern Dynasty: the election of Serdar Berdymukhamedov

April 20, 2022

On March 12, Turkmenistan established the first modern dynasty in Central Asia by electing the son of the former president, Serdar Berdymukhamedov. Despite the many promises Berdymukhamedov made [...]

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 Caught in the Middle: Central Asia’s reaction to the war in Ukraine

Caught in the Middle: Central Asia’s reaction to the war in Ukraine

March 19, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month has put the leaders of the five Central Asian countries in an uncomfortable position. With more sanctions imposed on Russia by the West, the economic and [...]

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 An End to the Nazarbayev era?

An End to the Nazarbayev era?

February 21, 2022

As mass protests against the regime broke out in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the year, the first month of 2022 will go down in history as Bloody January. Is this the end of the Nazarbayev era? 

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 From Fuel Prices to Democratic Reform: starting the new year in protest in Kazakhstan

From Fuel Prices to Democratic Reform: starting the new year in protest in Kazakhstan

January 17, 2022

Since 2 January, the world has watched as a relatively small protest in western Kazakhstan turned into country-wide unrest. While it may shock some to see protests over an increase in fuel prices [...]

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 A Glitch in the System: another controversial parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan

A Glitch in the System: another controversial parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan

December 15, 2021

Sydney Millar on the second attempt at electing a new parliament after the failure of the last elections in October last year.

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 Immune to the Truth: Turkmenistan’s crackdown on dissent around the pandemic

Immune to the Truth: Turkmenistan’s crackdown on dissent around the pandemic

November 15, 2021

"What began as an absurd lie on behalf of the Turkmen government has become a real danger to Turkmenistan’s citizens." This month's Central Asia editorial by Sydney Millar.

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 September in Central Asia: How Tajikistan is handling the Afghanistan crisis

September in Central Asia: How Tajikistan is handling the Afghanistan crisis

September 16, 2021

Unlike most of its other neighbors, Tajikistan has not only pledged to help Afghans fleeing the Taliban, but has taken a strong stance against the new regime. Sydney Millar explores three [...]

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 June in Central Asia: Feminita’s fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Kazakhstan

June in Central Asia: Feminita’s fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Kazakhstan

June 16, 2021

At the end of last month, two Kazakh feminists and LGBT+ activists were detained on unclear grounds after a mob of around 30 men had started to harass them while they were giving a talk on [...]

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