Human Rights on the Line in Tajikistan
Since 1992, president Emomali Rahmon has effectively ruled Tajikistan through a pervasive campaign of fear, political repression, intimidation and violence. Human rights activists, journalists,...
Low Turnout and a Victory for Kazakhstan’s Ruling Party in Parliamentary Polls
On the fourth anniversary of Nursultan Nazarbayev’s 2019 resignation from Kazakhstan’s presidency, Kazakhstanis went to the polls to vote in a parliamentary election unlike...
Central Asia Opening Up to Democracy
Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east and from Afghanistan and Iran in the...
Central Asia’s Authoritarians Stare Down A Year of Disorder
Political turmoil and uncertainty beset Central Asia in 2022. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan faced domestic, regional and international challenges exacerbated by the...
Zionist Regime’s Strategy to Exercise Influence in Central Asia
In an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Hamid Hakim referred to the visit of delegations from Kazakhstan,...