Tajikistan

The number of interactions between high-level Central Asian officials has visibly increased since 2015, from 60 interactions that year to 158 in 2023.

The overwhelmingly authoritarian governments in Central Asia have utilized severe repression against Islamist movements – extremist or not.

For the second year in a row, Central Asia’s leaders are making the trek to Moscow to mark a holiday of fleeting relevance in the region.

For the first time, all five Central Asian states are named in some fashion in the annual USCIRF report for violating religious freedoms.

What did U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s trip across Central Asia achieve?

More than a month after xenophobic abuse directed toward Tajiks spiked in the wake of the Crocus City Hall attack, Dushanbe issued a “temporary” recommendation against travel to Russia.

David Cameron is on a six-nation tour of Central Asia, underscoring the U.K.'s reinvigorated engagement with the region. 

An interview with Malika Bahovadinova on the complexities of the Tajik migration experience in Russia.

While Tajiks in Russia have and will likely continue to face mistreatment and repression, this is not their first time weathering such a storm. 

In the aftermath of the Crocus City Hall attack, Tajiks find their world shrinking further.

As long as people have limited opportunities in the socioeconomic and political arenas, and adherence to a religious lifestyle is restricted, pilgrimages will remain as an accessible means of self-fulfillment. 

In the wake of the horrific Crocus City Hall attack, allegedly perpetrated by Tajik nationals, Bishkek has issued a recommendation that its citizens avoid unnecessary travel to Russia.