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Emomali Rahmon
February 23, 2017
How Rosneft’s Privatization Deal Affects Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union Plans for Tajikistan
By Nicholas Trickett
The Kremlin may be using relations with Qatar and Glencore to lean on Tajikistan to join the EEU.
January 28, 2017
From Uzbekistan to Missouri: An Immigration Story
By Catherine Putz
An Uzbek family's journey to America; ice fishermen in Kazakhstan; and politics in Tajikistan. Weekend reads.
January 12, 2017
Thanks Dad! Tajik President's Son Gets A New Job
By Catherine Putz
Rustam Emomali is the new mayor of Tajikistan's capital.
December 23, 2016
Tajikistan is Very Optimistic About Energy
By Catherine Putz
President Emomali Rahmon’s hopeful tone belies reality and history.
November 04, 2016
How Should the US Craft Counterterrorism Policy in Central Asia?
By Catherine Putz
A reasonable report, an aluminium feud, and Kazakh movies; weekend reads.
September 14, 2016
Assessing Tajikistan's Growth Potential
By Catherine Putz
Dushanbe is hamstrung by lack of international investor confidence, a result of perceived instability and corruption.
August 03, 2016
At World Islamic Economic Forum, Tajikistan Looks for Support
By Catherine Putz
Dushanbe looks to parlay its Islamic credentials into increased financial support and investment.
July 21, 2016
Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam Rankles Uzbekistan
By Casey Michel
Dushanbe signs on an Italian company for construction, Tashkent says the project is a leftover of “Soviet megalomania.”
July 16, 2016
China's Expanding Security Cooperation With Tajikistan
By Samuel Ramani
China hopes to keep Rahmon in power, to prevent instability on its western borders.
June 08, 2016
Tajikistan: The Iron Fist Closes
By Cholpon Orozobekova
Even as he consolidates power, Emomali Rahmon's paranoia knows no limits.
May 23, 2016
Meet Central Asia’s Newest President-for-Life
By Catherine Putz
Same as the old one--it's just on the books now.
February 18, 2016
Emomali Rahmon’s Ever-Growing Cult of Personality
By Casey Michel
A new essay contest asks schoolchildren to write about the “heroic life and deeds of the Leader of the Nation.”