Central Asia

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 [...]

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

"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.

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 [...]

Elodie Phillips' interview Suna Julia Parks about growing up in Central Asia, about moving back to the city where she was born as an adult and, her projects current work with "hashar" and [...]

Chinese growing economic influence and military presence in Tajikistan might be a two-edged sword.

Ivan Ivoylov on how the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan might affect the broader Central Asian region and what should be done to stop further conflict escalation.

Tereza Dvorakova on the current state of religious acceptance in Uzbekistan.

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 [...]

The end of last month saw the deadliest clashes at a Kyrgyz-Tajik border since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Both counties' governments are now involved in blame-game over [...]