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Published in: Home: FeatureBack to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells usTaliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways
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Published in: oDR: FeatureJust working for wood: life inside Tajikistan’s silk industrySilk production is still a major part of the country’s economy – and women bear the brunt of this harsh work
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAnti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan’s workers. But the fight isn’t overWorkers in Kazakhstan have faced pressure for years but continue to fight for their rights and social justice, new...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisA guide to the violent unrest in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan regionUzbekistan has been rocked by its largest protest in nearly two decades. What happened – and who’s to blame?
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe assassination that shook the Pamir Mountains to the coreTajikistan has stepped up its offensive against the Gorno-Badakhshan region. I knew the man at the top of its hitlist
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Published in: Home: OpinionStalemate between Putin and NATO in Ukraine puts us all at riskAs NATO-backed pressure mounts on Russia’s troops, so too does the risk from weapons of mass destruction
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisPutin’s invasion of Ukraine didn’t cause the food crisis. Capitalism didSmall farmers are the world’s primary suppliers of food. It’s imperative we listen to them, not the big corporates
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan’s mothers formed a protest movement – and what they wantThe mothers claim they were first on the streets during the January protests, the largest and most violent in the...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTurkmenistan cut our abortion rights overnight. Our ‘allies’ did nothingAccess to abortion for Turkmen people has been shortened to five weeks. There’s been silence from those who could...
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Published in: Home: FeatureNo, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane AustenIt is a truth universally acknowledged that the right-wing press will inflame any debate on decolonisation,...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhat Russia-Ukraine war means for disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territoryThousands of Russians have fled to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. But the war has far bigger implications for the...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisTajikistan has a special relationship with Russia. Could war change that?The difference between the silence of ‘official’ Dushanbe and the views found on Tajikistan’s streets could not be starker
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘I can't feed my family’: Migrant workers in Russia hit hard by Ukraine warWith many Central Asian states reliant on cash sent back home from those working abroad in Russia, sanctions are...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about RussiaThose in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan society is divided over the Russia-Ukraine warIn Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict is putting pressure on mediaSince 2022 conflicts on the troubled border left three people dead and sparked protests over independent media
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhere was the outpouring of empathy when my country was at war?As an Armenian, I feel our pain was ignored. And my trauma means I’m struggling to empathise as I should with Ukraine today
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAt this time of tension, EU needs to remember Nagorno-KarabakhA message to the EU (and the US): despite a possible escalation in Ukraine, don’t forget the other major conflict in...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be foundWithdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHundreds died in Kazakhstan’s ‘Bloody January’. Who were they?In partnership with Kazakh media Vlast, we tell the stories of those who were killed or injured – some of whom are...
