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Lukas Baake reviews the Tajik film "Bratan," an entertaining roadtrip movie that also operates as a worthwhile portrait of brotherly care

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

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

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

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.

The recent break out of violence in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) has shown that Tajik officials seem to believe that they will be able to strong-arm residents into [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]