What’s Behind China’s Trouble on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border?

An interview with Edward Lemon on the recent attacks targeting Chinese workers near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

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Catherine Putz

Petition Against Kazakhstan’s Proposed ‘LGBTQ Propaganda’ Law Rejected

The law is set for consideration in the Senate next week.

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Catherine Putz

Death Penalty Reinstatement ‘Legally Impossible,’ Kyrgyz Constitutional Court Says

Kyrgyzstan abolished capital punishment in 2007; President Japarov has suggested reinstating it as a way to confront horrific crimes against women and...

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Catherine Putz

Kambarata-1 to See Joint Financing From Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in 2026

2026 looks to be a pivotal year in which the trilateral hydropower project will either make serious steps forward or languish, as previous efforts...

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Catherine Putz

Kyrgyz Election Commission Tosses Results From District With Highest Turnout, Citing Violations

The commission says all 14 candidates won’t be permitted to run again for the seat, but a court could reverse that decision.

05.12.2025 3

Catherine Putz

Kazakhstan’s Orda.kz Raided, Editor Placed Under House Arrest

Pressure has allegedly been mounting for months on the popular outlet.

04.12.2025 10

Catherine Putz

5 Chinese Workers Killed in 2 Attacks in Tajikistan Along Afghan Border

In one of the attacks, a drone was reportedly used to drop grenades on Chinese workers.

03.12.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Voters Favor Presidential Allies Amid ‘Stifled’ Political Scene in Kyrgyzstan

A quiet campaign resulted in low turnout for the election of a diminished parliament.

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Catherine Putz

Kyrgyz Authorities Arrest Alleged Protest Plotters Ahead of Election

Once again, the Kyrgyz government has cried wolf as an election approached.

25.11.2025 10

Catherine Putz

In Kazakhstan, Both Pro- and Anti-Russian Voice Are Urged Toward Silence

A pro-Russian blogger was sentenced to nearly four years; meanwhile, an activist urging the boycotting of Russian artists was called in for a...

20.11.2025 4

Catherine Putz

Uzbekistan Agrees to Continue Supplying Afghanistan With Electricity

Meanwhile, Taliban officials said earlier this year that the CASA-1000 project would be completed in the next one to two years.

19.11.2025 4

Catherine Putz

Asia’s Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change

"Despite its importance, women’s work is frequently undervalued and rendered invisible by government, private sector and donor-driven programs."

19.11.2025 5

Catherine Putz

Destruction in the Heart of Old Samarkand

Forced evictions began in the spring in the neighborhood adjacent to the modest al-Maturidi mausoleum. Then the demolition began.

13.11.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Uzbekistan: A Silk Mirage

An interview with Joanna Lillis on the contrasts between "new" and "old" Uzbekistan.

13.11.2025 4

Catherine Putz

A C5+1 or 5 C1+1s: The New Math of US Central Asia Policy

The focus of the C5 1 has narrowed to the economic realm, yielding big deals and sidelining big challenges.

11.11.2025 7

Catherine Putz

When Central Asia Came to Washington

The Trump administration’s transactional style was on fully display, with savvy Central Asian businessmen just as keen to get in on a deal.

08.11.2025 20

Catherine Putz

Growing Trust – and Trade – Between the US and Uzbekistan

An interview with Uzbek Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov on U.S.-Uzbekistan economic relations.

05.11.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Uzbekistan to Introduce Visa-Free Entry for US Citizens From January 1

Meanwhile, Uzbek citizens face one of the highest visa-refusal rates in the United States.

05.11.2025 4

Catherine Putz

Inside China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia

For Beijing, Central Asia is a testing ground for its foreign policy innovations – and a challenge.

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Catherine Putz

Kyrgyz Court Declares Temirov Live and Kloop Extremist

Another dark turn for journalism in Kyrgyzstan.

29.10.2025 20

Catherine Putz

Indian Revolutionaries in America and the Fight to Overthrow the British Raj

In his new book, Scott Miller explores a bit of overlooked history.

28.10.2025 4

Catherine Putz

Washington to Host Central Asian Leaders on November 6

Presumably U.S. President Donald Trump will join them.

28.10.2025 3

Catherine Putz

Under New Leadership, What’s Next for Japan?

It’s a been crazy few months in Japanese politics.

25.10.2025 4

Catherine Putz

More Central Asian Banks Sanctioned by the EU

Central Asia's banking and crypto sectors have been increasingly targeted by the EU, U.K., and the United States for sanctions.

24.10.2025 5

Catherine Putz

Afghan Allies File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Barring of Their Families

The travel ban policy specifically states that it does not apply to asylees or refugees, and yet the families of asylee Afghans, who fought alongside...

23.10.2025 4

Catherine Putz

For the First Time, Central Asia’s Defense Ministers Meet

Security cooperation at the military level is a further step down the regional cooperative road.

23.10.2025 4

Catherine Putz

US Congressional Representatives Urge Trump to Host a C5+1 Leaders Summit, Soon

With little more than two months left in the year, time is running out to mark the C5 1’s 10th anniversary with a summit.

21.10.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Will Reinstating the Death Penalty Protect Kyrgyz Women?

“[T]he death penalty is not the solution” to Kyrgyzstan’s gender-based violence problem, a group of human rights organizations argue.

16.10.2025 20

Catherine Putz

Uzbek Ambassador Furqat Sidikov on the US-Uzbekistan Relationship

“Uzbekistan remains firmly committed to strengthening its strategic partnership with the United States, recognizing substantial potential for...

08.10.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Kazakhstan Aligns Itself With Trump, Calling Climate Change ‘Fraud’

Kazakhstan's leaders once characterized climate change as an existential crisis. Now they're quoting Donald Trump and calling it a "fraud."

08.10.2025 8

Catherine Putz

Kyrgyz Parliament Dissolves Itself, Early Elections on the Horizon

The Jogorku Kenesh voted to dissolve itself, setting the stage for elections in late November.

26.09.2025 20

Catherine Putz

Central Asia Shows Up at the UN: What Did the Region’s Leaders Say?

Once again, all five Central Asian presidents attended the U.N. General Assembly to lay out their perspectives on an increasingly conflicted world.

25.09.2025 3

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Trains and Planes: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Sign $12.2 Billion in Deals With US Companies

Kazakhstan has agreed to purchase 300 freight locomotives to the tune of $4.2 billion; Uzbekistan will buy at least 14 Boeing jets, in a deal said to...

24.09.2025 3

Catherine Putz

First Direct Akim Election on the Horizon for Kazakhstan’s Semey

Semey, the center of Kazakhstan’s Abai Region, will hold it’s first ever direct election for akim on October 12.

23.09.2025 10

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In Early 2026, Uzbekistan Aims to Conduct First Census Since 1989

It would be independent Uzbekistan’s first full general census, if it happens.

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Kloop Cameramen Sentenced to 5 Years For Videos They Didn’t Make

An thus ends a bizarre trial that serves to illustrate a distressing pattern of Kyrgyz authorities targeting media whose work focuses on government...

18.09.2025 3

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Did Kazakhstan Import a Commercialized Version of China’s Great Firewall?

Geedge Networks has commercialized China’s Great Firewall for export, and Astana was an ideal customer.

16.09.2025 20

Catherine Putz

Closed-door Embezzlement Trial of Former Uzbek Agriculture Minister Ends

Aziz Voitov was found guilty but won't serve prison time, reportedly on account of having paid "full compensation."

16.09.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Looking Back at a Hot Railroad Summer for Central Asia and Afghanistan

In July, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan all signed agreements with Afghanistan related to the development of railways.

12.09.2025 10

Catherine Putz

Kloop Trial Underway in Kyrgyzstan: Witnesses, Experts Can’t Find ‘Calls for Mass Unrest’

The case appears to rely on video materials published by an outlet the defendants didn’t work for, which prosecution experts have testified don’t...

10.09.2025 6

Catherine Putz

Trump Holds Call With Uzbek President, a Shouted Question About Kazakhstan Steals Headlines

As Uzbekistan’s fervor to share the momentous event of its president’s call with Trump demonstrates, it’s a big deal.

09.09.2025 20

Catherine Putz

In Annual State of the Nation Address, Tokayev Proposes a Unicameral Parliament for Kazakhstan

He urged the parliament not to act in “haste” to fulfill that proposal, floating 2027 as a date for yet another constitutional referendum.

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Will the Kyrgyz Parliament Dissolve Itself?

Following an overhaul of Kyrgyzstan's electoral system in June, there is talk of dissolving parliament and holding early elections.

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Date Set for Uzbekistan to Sign Enhance Partnership Agreement With the European Union

On October 24, Uzbek President Mirziyoyev is expected in Brussels for the signing of the long-awaited EPCA with EU leaders.

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Catherine Putz

What Did Central Asia Get Out of the SCO?

For Central Asia, the SCO has become a venue for deepening relations with China and managing relations with Russia.

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Napon Jatusripitak on How the Cambodia-Thailand Tensions Spiraled Into Conflict

“These flashpoints alone cannot account for the speed or scale of the escalation, or the intensity of the nationalist fervor it has unleashed.”

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Did the United States Choose Defeat in Afghanistan?

An interview with Paul D. Miller about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan.”

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Tajikistan Signs Onto Central Asian Friendship Treaty

Three years after the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan signed the Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighborliness, and Cooperation for...

29.08.2025 10

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Underground Mining Starts at Kyrgyzstan’s Infamous Kumtor Gold Mine

The Kyrgyz government says the nationalized mine's new underground project will operate for 17 years and provide 147 tonnes of gold.

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Despite ‘Stable’ Outlook, Credit Rating Agency Highlights Risks of Funding Delays at Tajikistan’s Rogun

The remaining cost to complete the Rogun project by 2035 is now estimated at $6.4 billion. And Dushanbe faces delays in security enough financing.

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