Crossroads Asia

Nafosat Olloshkurova's decision to leave Uzbekistan reflects just how far the state has yet to go with its reforms, particularly regarding free speech.

Russia’s invitation for India to link up with Eurasian Economic Union recalls the SCO expansion saga.

Politico reported that the Trump administration is considering expanding the controversial “travel ban” to seven more countries, including possibly Kyrgyzstan.

Murager Alimuly and Qaster Musakhanuly were given one-year prison sentences, but a Kazakh court declined to deport them.

A court in Zharkent decided to not deport Tilek Tabarikuly, another ethnic Kazakh who escaped across the border with China.

In theory, Turkmenistan could be a complementary trade partner for Europe’s energy security needs. But what about in practice?

Kyrgyzstan’s legal system and former president Almazbek Atambayev are still locked in stalemate.

He made the trip on his way back to Moscow from India, where he’d attended the Raisina Dialogue. 

After fresh trouble in the Batken region, the Kyrgyz and Tajik sides have floated the possibility of a land swap to fix the border. 

Tashkent’s aims to diversify its transportation routes, a necessity for the double-landlocked state, rest largely on Iran.

Meanwhile, Uzbek officials are reportedly searching Karimova’s Swiss mansion for stolen treasures.