Turkmenistan
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.
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.
Turkmenistan: This is Fine
A cratering economy, the world’s slowest internet, and the army takes charge of food production. This and more in Eurasianet's weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
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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.
New American company seeks to realise Trans-Caspian pipe dream
The new proposal’s modest scope, and new diplomatic developments, could finally make the pipeline feasible.
Turkmenistan: Guess WHO’s coming to dinner
The World Health Organization continues to indulge Turkmenistan’s lies about the coronavirus. Eurasianet's weekly briefing.
bneGREEN: Satellites discover huge amounts of undeclared methane emissions
Satellites are detecting previously unknown emissions of methane from gas pipelines, oil wells, fossil fuel processing plants and landfills all over the world, with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan being particular culprits.
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.
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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.
Turkmenistan: Situation normal all trucked up
Arbitrary collective punishment, breadlines before dawn, and a resurgence of diplomacy. This and more in Eurasianet’s weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
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.
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”.
