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November 20, 2015
The Neverending Centerra Gold Story
By Catherine Putz
Networked authoritarianism in Kazakhstan, vulnerable labor migrants, and other recommended reads.
November 13, 2015
Tajikistan’s Destabilizing Threat Inflation
By Catherine Putz
Kazakhstan’s contradictions and Mongolian records, weekend reads.
November 07, 2015
The Uzbeks of New York
By Catherine Putz
Kazakhstan’s economy and Kerry’s trip, plus more weekend reads.
October 31, 2015
Kerry Off to Central Asia Amid Pressure to Bring Up Human Rights
By Catherine Putz
A quick look at what to read as Kerry travels the region and a few other recommended reads.
October 16, 2015
Former Guantanamo Detainees Exiled to Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
Plus: Turkmenistan neutrality, Kyrgyz-Chinese interactions and more. Central Asia links.
September 25, 2015
Tajikistan is at the End of an Era
By Catherine Putz
Chinese businesses in Central Asia and silkworms in Tajikistan; weekend reads.
September 12, 2015
Current Events Overshadow Anniversaries in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
Tajikistan's manhunt for a renegade general continued through its Independence Day and other reads for the weekend
August 28, 2015
Under Threat: Art, Politics and History in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
A few good reads for the weekend.
August 15, 2015
Who Controls the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan?
By Catherine Putz
Also, what’s it like being a “dealmaker” in “the Stans” and other must-reads.
August 08, 2015
Fergana: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
By Catherine Putz
How to solve the Fergana Valley puzzle and other must reads for the weekend
July 31, 2015
A Tale of Two Kazakh Cities
By Catherine Putz
Almaty may have lost the Olympics, but people like it better than Astana. Some recommended reads for the weekend.
July 24, 2015
Does a Kazakh Own Sherlock Holmes’ Apartment?
By Catherine Putz
A few interesting stories to read over the weekend