Security think-tanks and expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim radicalisation is rife in Central Asia.
Central Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on trumped-up charges. And the Russian police have been helping them.
Russia’s voluntary sector, faced with growing government interference, needs to be more open about its aims and operations if it wants more public support.
Most talk about censorship on Russian television misses the point. When it comes to reporting, loyalty takes precedence.
Is the European far right really acting as Russia's Trojan Horse in the European Union?
Belarus is slowly opening up to the idea of gender equality. But the conservative meaning attached to the concept is holding it back.
Russians pride themselves on their capacity for state-building, but their idea of the state is not one that the West would recognise, or was hoping for…
Academic concepts about EU foreign policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy are not always enough to explain what is going on in the region.
The current crisis unfolding in Ukraine has brought the issue of nuclear weapons back into sharp focus.
Looking at both the historical and current pro-Putin segment of German public discussion, one can identify the target groups and methods of Russian disinformation politics
Public protests are mounting in Armenia over economic and political issues. But where is the Armenian opposition in all this?
The self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ has been seizing more and more territory in the Middle East, and now has its eyes on Central Asia.
