The ruins of Engilcheck, a Soviet-era mining boomtown in the Tien Shan mountains, are still home to a small but thriving community.

Put one way, the Japarov-Tashiev split is a “political divorce…  involving high stakes, such as significant assets, complex business structures, or intense custody battles.”

⚡️Казахстанских журналистов Лукпана Ахмедьярова и Рауля Упорова задержали в аэропорту Астаны после поездки в Украину Журналист Динара Егеубаева сообщила о задержании в аэропорту Астаны журналистов Лу...

The Pilecki Institute in Warsaw invites scholars to take part in the international academic conference “Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground”, to be held on 15–17 June 2026 at the Inst...

How does populism interact with space? While it is increasingly acknowledged that populism operates across geographical scales from the local to the transnation...

As snap parliamentary elections approach, there’s a distinct lack of energy or interest.

As snap parliamentary elections approach, there’s a distinct lack of energy or interest.

As snap parliamentary elections approach, there’s a distinct lack of energy or interest.

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Engaging in development assistance in Central Asia provides the GCC with an opportunity to boost its influence in the region.

Engaging in development assistance in Central Asia provides the GCC with an opportunity to boost its influence in the region.

Russia and Central Asia have been mutually shaped by decades of labor migration, but these long-running ties have begun to fray.

Engaging in development assistance in Central Asia provides the GCC with an opportunity to boost its influence in the region.

Last year, on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury published yet another list of sanctioned companies and in...

The Institute of International Studies announces an open call for a postdoctoral research position within the project INTERFER, focused on foreign interference and national and international reactions...

Job Purpose The School of Social and Political Sciences is seeking to appoint a fixed-term lecturer in Eurasian Studies with specific expertise in one or more countries of the post-socialist Eurasi...

Divisions among regime elites in autocracies are often an important step toward political liberalization. However, we know little about when such divisions cont...

Introduction to Central Asia: Beginner's list Last updated: December 2024 Author: Anna Jordanova, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, CzechiaContact (tips for new entries are welcome!):...

Romania's intelligence service reveals details of what it says is an attempt from abroad to meddle in the country's presidential election.

This book comprises five sections: oral literature; pre-Revolutionary written literature; Soviet literature through the Stalin era; Soviet literature

Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.