Spotlight on Central Asia

This week we take a look at Uzbeks calls for aid in Afghanistan, the continuing fallout from the Kyrgyz elections, Turkmenistan's new gas deal with Azerbaijan, Russia's new project on the Caspian sea, and Tajikistan's leaders family taking even more key positions inside the Tajik foreign office. It has also been 30 years this week since Kazakhstan gained its independence, and to discuss that transition from the USSR to Capitalism we talk to the man who helped facilitate it. Joining us this week. - William Courtney (1st US Amb to Kazakhstan, RAND) Follow the show on @SLonCentralAsia For more info please visit - www.oxussociety.org Presented by the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

This week we will be taking a look at the post-election protests in Kyrgyzstan, boiling tensions in Khorog, crumbling infrastructure in Turkmenistan, a change in leadership in one of the regions biggest gas companies, Nazarbayev stepping down from politics, joint military drills, and a looming regional energy crisis. As well as the changing dynamics of Russias relationship with the 5 Central Asian republics. Joining us this week. - Natasha Kuhrt (Kings College London) Follow the show on @SLonCentralAsia For more info please visit - www.oxussociety.org Presented by the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

This week we will be taking a look at inflation in Kazakhstan, Afghan pilots being released, more COVID complications in Turkmenistan, Russian interference in Uzbekistan, and the upcoming elections in Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz people head to the polls under an energy crisis, with COVID still rampant. With last years elections leading to a revolution in the country, will the country once again break down, or has political apathy set in with the electorate? On the panel this week. - Asel Doolotkeldieva (OSC Bishkek) For more info please visit - www.oxussociety.org

This week we will be taking a look at Japarov's visit to the GOP summit, Chinas new military base in Tajikistan, Riots in Kazakhstan, a new trade deal for Turkmenistan and calls for election reform in Uzbekistan. We also sit down with the two authors of the brand new Oxus report on how China uses technology to suppress Uyghur communities all over the world, and the chilling methods being rolled out throughout the West. Joining us this week is Bradley Jardine (Oxus Society) Natalie Hall (Oxus Society) Follow the the show on @OxusSociety For more in please visit www.oxussociety.org

This week we will be taking a look at a number of stories including Kazakhstan's outreach to the Taliban, a Kyrgyz president's criminal charges being reinstated, Rahmon's trip to Paris for further talks on the tensions with Afghanistan, Turkmen activists protesting in Turkey, and of course the big story from the region this week, the Uzbek presidential elections. Joining us on the episode this week is - Navbahor Immamova (Voice of America) For more information please visit - www.oxussociety.org

This week we take a look at a number of big stories including the ongoing fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, millions of state dollars disappearing in Uzbekistan weeks ahead of the election, the ongoing COVID crisis in Turkmenistan and a former prime minister being arrested in Kyrgyzstan. As well as the big story engulfing Kyrgyz politics at the moment, the nationalisation of the Kumtor Gold Mine. Will Japarov's big gamble pay off? Joining us this week is Medet Tivlegenov (American University in Bishkek) Hosted by Michael Hilliard and Aliamana Zhanmukanova For more info please visit www.OxusSociety.org

This week we take a look at a number of stories including the continuing fallout from Afghanistan, the upcoming Uzbek elections, the Rubezh exercises, missing pilots and the US's Central Asia COVID policy. We also sit down with Luca Anceschi (professor of Eurasian studies at the University of Glasgow) to do a full analysis on the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence from the USSR. Hosted by Michael Hilliard and Alimana Zhanmukanova. For more info please visit www.oxussociety.org