Central Asia

Central Asia regional editor Sydney Millar discusses Central Asian migrants in Russia and the pressures of conscription

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Madina Tlostanova's seminal work examing how decolonial art can build a new future within post-Soviet states

Katherine Leung reviews short films from the Davra Collective, a growing roster of Central Asian artists, which screened at goEast

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the collection of innovative films competing in the Rheinmain Short Film Award

Emma Collet explains the wide-ranging effects of Bishkek's unresolved waste problem and how activists and artists respond to it.

Sydney Millar looks at gender-based violence in Tajikistan and how prevailing cultural trends leave women with little recourse for help

In this translated piece, Viktor Volkov discusses the case of Nafosat Ollashukurova and the repression of civil society in Uzbekistan

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