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31.01.2018 17:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Emomali Rahmon is a leader whose political whit served him well: not only is he the President of Tajikistan for the 26th year in a row, but he has also been able to personally enrich himself and his family. Having eliminated most of the checks on his power inside the country, something wholly differ
19.01.2018 15:38 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Political Science is usually quite good at figuring out the main power players and relevant structures in the political systems of most countries. Those of us who are interested in Central Asia, however, will encounter an utterly incredible mess in the analysis of the political processes in the regi
09.01.2018 22:06 msk Analytics Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Politics
Shortly before Kyrgyzstan’s Presidential elections in October 2017, the prominent American analyst Ian Bremmer interviewed President Almazbek Atambayev in a long article for TIME Magazine and introduced Kyrgyzstan as a “genuine democracy in a part of the world that doesn’t have any.” Atambayev himse
04.01.2018 16:22 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life
One of the main issues on the world agenda of the outgoing year is the fight against the terrorist threat. The success of the international forces in countering the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", ISIL, IS, ISIS in English, or
27.12.2017 14:19 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Politics
Preparations for Christmas festivities had left no time to follow all developments in Central Asia, and here we have made the digest of the most critical updates in the region.
13.12.2017 09:44 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
There are numerous reports from the northern provinces of Afghanistan about the arrival of well-equipped militants, who do not hide their belonging to the IS terrorist group (the banned terrorist organisation "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", ISIL, ISIS or IS Eng., "Daesh" Arab.) The Fergana N
22.11.2017 00:49 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Politics
Contradictions among various political groups in the northern Afghan province of Balkh have been exacerbating. These developments are happening against the backdrop of rumours about the possible return of the vice-president of Afghanistan, the leader of ethnic Uzbeks, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, to
16.11.2017 00:24 msk Central Asia Interview Russia Uzbekistan
It is difficult to catch up with Nargis Abdullaeva—she has a lot of work and trips to make around the country.
14.11.2017 23:49 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
In the northern provinces of Afghanistan—Sar-e Pul and Balkh—the positions of the militants of the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," (ISIL), IS or ISIS in English, Daesh in Arabic) are visibly strengthened.
10.11.2017 00:08 msk Analytics Central Asia Interview Migration Politics Russia
On the eve of the centenary of the October Revolution, the Central Asian Analytical Network (CAAN) is returning to the question surrounding the administrative and territorial demarcation of Central Asia. In a conversation with the political scientist Raffael Sattarov, well-known Russian historian, e
08.11.2017 22:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Politics Turkmenistan
Over the past year, as the "Islamic State" ("Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," ISIL, ISIS or IS in English, Daesh or DAISH in Arab) has ceded its positions in Syria and Iraq, the architects of the world caliphate are said to be stepping up their activity in Afghanistan.
29.10.2017 22:50 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Weekly editorial by Ernest Zhanaev, English Editor
23.10.2017 09:26 msk Business Central Asia Editorial Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan
Weekly editorial by Ernest Zhanaev, English Editor, Fergana News
14.07.2017 22:21 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The 19th Central Asia media conference named “Open Journalism in Central Asia” organised by the office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will be held in Tashkent on 18-19 October 2017. It is expected that participants, “including journalists, representatives from governments, civil
06.07.2017 21:32 msk Analytics Central Asia Editorial
This month of June brought us a contradictory timeline. Some governments are gaining a popular weight among ordinary citizens, while others are ignoring a wider opinion and a common sense. Any outsider can be lured by honeyed promises, finely drawn charts, glittering buildings from the future. Find
02.06.2017 11:53 msk Central Asia Editorial Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
This May brought remarkable events, which will develop during summer vacations and will define how autumn will develop further. Surely, these are activities around presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan clearing and modifying political and media space for the pro-presidential candidate, or Uzbekistan
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