Russian Military Recruiting Kazakh Nationals
Berlin, Warsaw (11/8 – 60) The Russian invasion of Ukraine has yet to see an end. Russia has mobilized everything in its power to...
EU Sanction Threatens Uzbek’s Alisher Usmanov Relationship with West
Berlin (27/08 – 25) Alisher Usmanov is one of Uzbekistan’s leading businessman and the Central Asian country’s main philanthropist. Despite Usmanov’s many proactive activities...
Almaty to Host European Union – Central Asia Economic Forum Next Week
Almaty will host the second European Union – Central Asia Economic Forum on May 18-19 to discuss ways forward on policy, programs and investment...
Kazakhstan’s progress faces many headwinds; the West should not be one of them
The war in the Ukraine created two main opposing camps of countries. An Alliance of Democracies on one side and a Group of Authoritarian....
Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Visits FSU
As the Republic of Kazakhstan’s ambassador to the United States, Yerzhan Ashikbayev is adept at answering questions about his country, a skill that served...
Tajikistan Under Rahmon’s Rule
Frankfurt, Brussels (25/3 – 75) Declared itself an independent sovereign nation on 9 September 1991 from the Soviet Union, today Tajikistan is a constitutional...
Does Tajikistan need a regime change?
Led by authoritarian head of state since the 1990s, a regime change for the people in Tajikistan might take a while. In any case,...
The Narcostate
It’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more...
Tajikistan regime’s crimes against humanity
New York, Brussels (21/12 – 60). Human rights violation committed by Tajikistan state security officials breeding an atmosphere of fear and oppression was...