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Published in: oDRWhat we know about alleged elite corruption under former Kyrgyz president Almazbek AtambayevAs Kyrgyzstan’s new regime consolidates power, fresh allegations of corruption by Atambayev loyalists are emerging.
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Published in: oDRWhy does Kazakhstan turn a blind eye to Alzheimer’s?In the developed world, Alzheimer’s disease is a major issue. But the situation in developing countries such as...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan’s invisible childrenIn Kazakhstan, children with special educational needs and disabilities are kept out of sight and out of mind. RU
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Published in: oDRFear and loathing in Kyrgyzstan: how the LGBTQI community is fighting back against rising discriminationLGBTQI people remain easy targets in Kyrgyzstan, with nowhere to turn for recourse. But activists are fighting back.
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Published in: oDRDouble discrimination: why Uzbek women in Kyrgyzstan are a minority within a minorityIn the aftermath of Kyrgyzstan's 2010 revolution, the country's Uzbek minority population has seen their position...
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Published in: oDRAre Kyrgyzstan’s glaciers under threat? This ecologist thinks soThe Central Asian state’s Tian Shan mountain range isn’t just home to shrinking glaciers. It’s also the site of an...
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Published in: oDRControversial trial in Kazakhstan sheds light on Chinese campsChina’s attempts to suppress information about Xinjiang open floodgates to scrutiny of its indoctrination policy.
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Published in: oDRHow Kazakhstan’s anti-extremism blacklist forces activists, bloggers and opposition politicians into the shadowsIn Kazakhstan, persecution of citizens convicted for extremism does not end with a court judgement or sentence....
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Published in: oDRCould new business models make NGOs in the post-Soviet space more representative?New business models are reshaping relations between the non-profit sector and wider society in post-Soviet countries. RU
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Published in: oDRFighting patriarchy in Kazakhstan: problems and perspectivesKazakhstan’s feminist activists thought it would take 10-15 years for gender inequality issues to be resolved. That...
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Published in: oDRGlobal capitalism in Central Asia and competing economic imaginariesFor the US, Russia and China, Central Asia is a space of competing economic influences.
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Published in: oDRWhat’s behind China’s anti-Kazakh campaign?If you're an ethnic Kazakh or a Kazakh citizen in northwest China, you can face detention on espionage and extremism...
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Published in: oDRImpatient dictators: how snap elections shore up authoritarianism in EurasiaAuthoritarian states are using all-too familiar constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power.
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Published in: oDRFire and oil in western Kazakhstan's “spiritual renovation”Post-independence Kazakhstan has seen a revival in Kazakh genealogies, sub-ethnic lineages and identities.
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Published in: oDRBlack blood: a history of Kazakhstan’s oil sectorThis new book provides a comprehensive overview of Kazakhstan’s oil business, but skips over the uncomfortable truth...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan’s indispensable women are undervaluedKyrgyz women still tend to live and work in traditionally female occupations. RU
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Published in: oDRInternet censorship in Kazakhstan: more pervasive than you may thinkAs Internet penetration grows in the country, so do the government’s attempts to monitor, control and repress...
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, architectural heritage is a path into a forgotten futureIn the former capital city of Almaty, the move to catalogue Soviet buildings is an attempt to create an alternative...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh’s militarised social democracyWith flat-rate taxes and sky-high growth rates, some call Nagorno-Karabakh a “Caucasian Tiger”. Meanwhile, money...
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Published in: oDRWhat I didn’t write about ZhanaozenIn 2011, a seven-month-long strike in a Kazakh oil town came to tragic end. Six months after I reported on the...
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