Crossroads Asia

Reportedly one Kyrgyz man has been killed in the clashes over a long-unsettled border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Another bad year for democracy across the former Soviet Union, with Kyrgyzstan slipping further into authoritarianism too. 

Special forces troops from India and Kyrgyzstan started a two-week exercise outside Bishkek on April 16.

As uncertainty persists in Afghanistan, some will seek to smuggle cash and gold out via Central Asia.

Biden has nominated U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Donald Lu for assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia.

Five years after massive protests against changes to the land code, land remains a sensitive topic in Kazakhstan.

The “Russian Question” has always alarmed Kazakhstan’s leaders and riled up nationalists.

Inconsistent policies and double standard are confusing Mongolia's pandemic response at the most critical time.

Political maneuvering ahead of June's presidential election may post a general threat to Mongolia's democracy.

Japarov's press secretary claims the president took the posts down himself, but Facebook says they were removed for being harmful "misinformation."

Tashkent recently reassured Iran of its interest in the Iranian route to the sea, but Uzbekistan has more actively sought a new route through Afghanistan to Pakistani ports.

If they are concerned that “democracy is in retreat,” the U.K. and other leading European democracies might want to consider their own retrograde roles in the process.