-
Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan’s looming financial collapse is little worry for the TalibanTwo key factors will ensure that the Kabul regime is here to stay – no matter how dire it gets for civilians
-
Published in: oDR: FeatureEurope’s weak protections for refugees leave Central Asian dissidents at extreme riskAmid anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim discourse, it seems that some refugees are more equal than others when it comes...
-
Published in: Home: OpinionSunak hides behind rose-tinted glasses as COVID and climate threats riseBudget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded communityIn Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s storyAn Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...
-
Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionGood religion or bad religion? Secularism and the Afghan questionEmpowering religious groups to become political actors does not constitute freedom of religion for all and violates...
-
Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Uzbekistan’s rampant development is prompting a grassroots rebellionUncontrolled urban development in Tashkent and elsewhere has led to the emergence of a vibrant, if perhaps fragile,...
-
Published in: Home: OpinionReflecting on 1,000 columns over 20 years: the predictions that came trueOn an openDemocracy milestone for Paul Rogers, he gives an insight into the late 20th-century landscape that shaped...
-
Published in: oDR: NewsThe mysterious Scottish shell companies linked to an Uzbek business empireNew research shows that eight Scottish shell companies hold sizeable commercial interests in an Uzbek business...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe Afghan woman activist still determined to educate girlsWith the future of women’s rights and girls’ education in doubt under Afghanistan’s new Taliban regime, Zarlasht...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcomeNobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLiverpool rises in opposition to arms fair as legal challenge is mountedPressure mounts on council to cancel international electronic warfare conference that was blocked from Spanish city last year
-
Published in: Home: OpinionUS has no intention of a global military retreat despite Biden’s promiseThe military-industrial complex that feeds the US economy will lead to more remote warfare as a myriad of risks...
-
Published in: Migrant Futures: AnalysisWill hate crimes make Canada a less attractive destination for immigrants?Canada has long claimed to be a global defender of human rights, but it has not always been welcoming towards...
-
Published in: Home: OpinionAfghan ISIS offshoot ISKP takes on Taliban and US with deadly Kabul bombingAirport attack that killed 90, including 13 American soldiers, is a warning shot of dissent among extremist...
-
Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhy child sexual abuse in Kyrgyzstan remains unpunishedOfficial data shows that fewer and fewer child abusers are being sent to jail – and most avoid punishment...
-
Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan’s future path to be determined by a corridor of powerThe expanding Taliban’s new bond with China across a narrow border is set to greatly impact the region, and further...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoris Johnson is leading the UK into an even greater COVID catastropheInsistence on reopening despite Delta is not only ‘epidemiological stupidity’ but only one part of an abject failure...
-
Published in: oDR: Feature'Gagarin was here!': inside the fight for Tashkent’s heritageIn Uzbekistan’s capital, a multicultural Soviet mahalla is under threat of demolition. But residents are fighting...
-
Published in: oDR: Analysis'A small ray of hope': an urgent chance to decriminalise homosexuality in UzbekistanAs long as the country’s Article 120 exists, said one young man, ‘we will live in fear and homophobes will have...
