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A Year Behind Bars: Release Tajikistani Human Rights Defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov

A Year Behind Bars: Release Tajikistani Human Rights Defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov

By Alva Omarova
On December 9, 2022, after a closed-door trial, the lawyer and human rights defender was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment. 
CSTO Issues Belated Declaration After Minsk Summit

CSTO Issues Belated Declaration After Minsk Summit

By Catherine Putz
The foreign ministers of the CSTO, of which Russia is a member, without apparent irony put out a statement that says “no state should ensure its security at the expense of the security of other states.”

Debate Over Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Overshadows Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Negotiations

Debate Over Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Overshadows Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Negotiations

By Nigel Li
After a December 1 meeting in Tajikistan, security officials on both sides are proclaiming success and promising progress.

Central Asia’s Great Energy Paradox

Central Asia’s Great Energy Paradox

By Assel Tutumlu and Farkhod Aminjonov
Why does the energy-rich region experience such frequent power and heating failures?

Why Is the Eurasian Economic Union Broken?

Why Is the Eurasian Economic Union Broken?

By Elvira Aidarkhanova
The EAEU is largely ineffective in terms of economic cooperation and integration, which are paradoxically its very reasons for being.
Central Asia Faces Challenges and Sees Opportunities Amid Complex Geopolitical Outlook

Central Asia Faces Challenges and Sees Opportunities Amid Complex Geopolitical Outlook

By Catherine Putz
A conversation with Temur Umarov about Russia, China, and Central Asia amid the war in Ukraine.

Reclaiming Culture and Identity as a Central Asian Adoptee 

Reclaiming Culture and Identity as a Central Asian Adoptee 

By Christopher von Claparede-Niemann
As a generation of Central Asian adoptees enter adulthood in the United States, their personal quests for identity sit side-by-side with discussions of decolonization.
The Transition to Sustainable Heating in Central Asia Is Critical and Achievable

The Transition to Sustainable Heating in Central Asia Is Critical and Achievable

By Charles Cormier and Jas Singh
A transition to sustainable heating would mean fuel and cost savings, lower emissions, and greater energy independence.

Brooklyn Busts: Several Indicted in New York for Smuggling Sanctioned Goods to Russia

Brooklyn Busts: Several Indicted in New York for Smuggling Sanctioned Goods to Russia

By Catherine Putz
Over the course of two days, six people were indicted in New York for a pair of sanctions evasion schemes, including one Tajik-Russian resident of Brooklyn.

Central Asian Governments React to the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Central Asian Governments React to the Israel-Palestine Conflict

By Colleen Wood
To what extent have religious ties or geopolitical ambitions shaped Central Asian governments’ responses to growing violence in Gaza?

Another Summit to Watch: Commonwealth of Independent States Heads to Gather in Kyrgyz Capital

Another Summit to Watch: Commonwealth of Independent States Heads to Gather in Kyrgyz Capital

By Catherine Putz
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend. It will be his first trip abroad since the ICC issue an arrest warrant in March 2023.
A Brief Chronicle of Enforced Disappearances in Tajikistan

A Brief Chronicle of Enforced Disappearances in Tajikistan

By Catherine Putz
When a government captures, imprisons, or kills a detainee and refuses to acknowledge the person’s whereabouts, it generates a very specific kind of terror for other dissidents and their families. 

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