Central Asia

Sydney Millar analyses the latest trial of the Karakalpak protestors, with a focus on the sentencing of journalist Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov

Katherine Leung reviews "Paper-thin Skin," Aigerim Tazhi's second poetry volume reflecting on identity and the stability of nature

Sydney Millar analyses the Berdimuhamedow family power struggle in Turkmenistan and what the future holds for father and son

Charlie Norman takes a look at the deepening regional cooperation in Central Asia and how a focus on local context is crucial

Sydney Millar analyses the democratic backsliding in Kyrgyzstan following the pre-trial detention of opposition politicians and civil rights activists in response to a new border deal between [...]

Sydney Millar on the upcoming snap presidential elections in Kazakhstan on 20 November.

Sydney Millar on the recent exodus of Russian men to the Central Asian states as Vladimir Putin has announced partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine.

Sydney Millar writes about the increasingly tense relationship between the Kazakh and Russian leadership as the war in Ukraine rages on.

In the mid-1920s, the borders of the five Soviet republics of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – were created by the newly established Soviet state. [...]

In this month's Central Asia editorial, Sydney Millar takes a closer look at the economic development in the Central Asian region since the war outbreak in Ukraine.