Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls on March 1 to cast ballots in parliamentary elections. Some analysts are looking closely to see if there are any clues as to what might happen later this year when Tajikistan holds a presidential election.

Authorities in Uzbekistan are calling on all the country’s students studying in neighboring Central Asian states to come back and continue their studies at schools in their homeland.

The United States Strategy for Central Asia 2019-2025 was unveiled at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation on February 5.

For the governments and people of Central Asia the virus that is spreading through neighboring China is a source of great concern. There are hundreds of Central Asian students at Chinese universities and thousands of Chinese workers in Central Asia.

What has been happening to ethnic Kazakhs from China’s western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region when they illegally cross the border and reach Kazakhstan?

Inhabitants of large smog-laden cities in Central Asia already know how poor the air quality is where they live. How bad is the problem becoming, what is causing it, and what could possibly reverse the process?

What are the signs Uzbekistan might be leaning toward joining the EES? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of joining?

Uzbekistan’s upcoming parliamentary elections are receiving more attention than has been the case for many years.

The art exhibition Feminnale was supposed to provoke thought and reflection, but in Kyrgyzstan it sparked reaction from a nationalist group that led to the dismissal of a museum director and the removal of several of the works on display.

A recently released report by RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Azattyk, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and its Kyrgyz member center Kloop, details an elaborate scheme involving Kyrgyzstan’s Customs Service that saw hundreds of millions of dollars of alleged ill-gotten gains transferred outside the country.