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In the fields of wheat: an authoritarian obsession

The Central Asian republics have been shaped by the personality of their leaders since their independence from the Soviet Union.

Samarkand State University in Uzbekistan will soon celebrate its 600th anniversary despite not being even a century old. The higher

On June 17 the Kyrgyz parliament confirmed Kubatbek Boronov as the country’s new prime minister. As a result, Boronov has

As recent border clashes in Central Asia have shown, the old-fashioned blame game is still being used by the parties

The removal on May 2 of Dariga Nazarbayeva, daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev, by president Tokayev from her roles as senator

On April 29, the Tajik lower chamber, the Assembly of Representatives, passed a bill banning bans Russified family names and

A draft bill in Uzbekistan that introduces fines for those civil servants not using Uzbek is the latest development involving

Coronavirus has introduced mass instability worldwide and can have especially dangerous political effects in regimes that do not acknowledge the

Tajikistan is making the headlines these days for coronavirus-related news. Or lack of to be more accurate. The country is

Most of the countries in Central Asia have taken strict and swift measures to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Uzbekistan reported