Tajikistan

Catherine Putz joins the podcast to discuss recent developments in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Meanwhile, Dushanbe has reflexively accused the IRPT of coordinating the attack.

Two Americans, a Dutch citizen, and a Swiss citizen were killed while cycling in southern Tajikistan.

Khayrullo Mirsaidov reported corruption in a November 2017 open letter. On July 11 he was convicted of embezzlement.

Counternarcotics assistance to Tajikistan is one area in which the U.S. might rightfully rethink its approach.

The details of Dushanbe’s human rights violations tell the story of a state afraid of its own people but not of international law.

Bad governance structures and rampant corruption underpin a system that lacks justice.

The SCO is not a platform for harmony or discord per se, rather it is what the members make of it.

What does male migration have to do with water scarcity in Central Asia?

Uzbekistan is the only Central Asian country to see improvement, but it's still near the bottom of the rankings.

Russia recently proposed Tajikistan join the EAEU as an observer, downgrading previous pushes for full membership.

The swap is the culmination of a longstanding agreement that began almost a decade ago.