Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s face to the world
Nursultan Nazarbayev formally gave up power on March 2019 but it is no secret that the former president has been
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Interview with Carlos Hernández, a Spanish journalist inside Turkmenistan
Carlos Hernández (Madrid, 1969) is an award-winning Spanish journalist with a wide international experience. Recently he has become one of
Graphomania among the Central Asian leaders
It is not uncommon for politicians to write books. Once they have left the reins of power, one can expect
Pleasing China, appeasing at home: Central Asia and the Xinjiang camps
Around 1.5 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups have been interned in China’s westernmost region of Xinjiang. While the
The barber of Ferghana
The governor of the province of Ferghana, in Uzbekistan, has been caught once again in his crusade against beards and
Nazarbayev, not settling into retirement
In an unexpected move that confirms problems in the ruling elite, former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has decided to grant himself
State-building myths in Central Asia
Countries all over the world have gone through the process of forming and developing national myths that give them their
Tajikistan, a tool in China’s security policy
During the second week of August, Chinese troops openly carried out military drills together with their Tajik counterparts in southern
Atambayev, another power junkie in Kyrgyzstan
On the 8th of August, Kyrgyz security forces detained former president Almazbek Atambayev in his residential complex in the outskirts