Tajikistan
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan make deals with Taliban, but watch border warily
A power outage illustrates in stark terms how much leverage Uzbekistan enjoys over its troubled neighbour to the south.
Perspectives | Why Uzbekistan does not fear a ‘Kazakh Winter’
Uzbek insiders think they can avoid Kazakh-style unrest, but they’re not taking any chances.
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INTERVIEW: Kazakhstan in crisis
With Kazakhstan experiencing its worst unrest in three decades of independence, Abakhon Sultonnazarov, Central Asia director of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), assesses latest developments and wider implications of the crisis.
Kremlin-led bloc will crush any attempts at ‘colour revolutions’ says Putin in wake of Kazakhstan unrest
Russian leader joins Kazakh president in describing violent unrest as work of foreign-backed terrorist groups
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Russian troops could be gone within week from Kazakhstan, says Tokayev’s spokesman
President steps up purge of security agency amid persistent speculation of clash with Nazarbayev clan.
CSTO comes out of the shadows for the first time
In Kazakhstan the Russian-dominated military alliance is conducting its first military intervention since its foundation 30 years ago.
DEATH OF THE SOVIET UNION: BOOK REVIEW – Reassessing the causes of the Soviet demise
Vladislav Zubok’s book Collapse: the fall of the Soviet Union examines the causes of the breakup of the Soviet Union and challenges the view that the collapse was inevitable.
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COMMENT: The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan
The lack of food security in Afghanistan may soon become a threat to the stability of many other countries.
Tajikistan press-gangs an army to defend long Afghan border
The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalised into service. And they are the country’s first line of defence.
EU challenges China’s Belt and Road with €300bn Global Gateway
Bloc’s giant investment offer may appeal to countries worried by Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy”. Beijing warns against geopoliticising infrastructure.
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Uzbekistan: People no longer in the dark about power shortages
Until now, officials had been silent about ongoing power cuts, even calling them a thing of the past.
Norwegian Refugee Council calls on world to help Iran deal with hundreds of thousands of fled Afghans
Ahead of harsh winter, 4,000 to 5,000 people from Afghanistan are crossing Iranian border daily says humanitarian NGO.
bneGreen: Development banks ADB, EBRD, EDB up the ante at COP26
The UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow has seen development banks from around the world come together to outline their contributions to a low-carbon future. Robust financial infrastructure is key to a just and efficient transition.
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‘Expect less water next year,’ Kyrgyzstan warns downstream neighbours
Relations between upstream and downstream Central Asian countries can be tense. This won’t help.
Perspectives | Islamic State using China to vilify Taliban
Since the Taliban took Kabul, Islamic State sympathisers across South Asia have increased attacks on the movement over its ties to China.
Tajik labour migration to Russia hits historic high, officially
More than a fifth of Tajikistan’s total population has entered Russia so far this year.
Event | Russia looks to Taliban to contain Islamic State in Afghanistan
Moscow seems willing to tolerate Taliban rights abuses, if the movement can get the job done.
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Tajikistan approves Chinese plan to construct security base near Afghan border
Dushanbe reportedly has also offered to transfer full control of existing, unacknowledged, base to Beijing. Chinese worried Afghanistan situation could benefit separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement.
UK ‘tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their own’
Advice reportedly seen in emails tells former employees who served British armed forces to “actively consider evacuating to a third country”. Former UK government aid programme manager calls situation “morally indefensible”.
