RFE/RL Majlis Podcast: A New Era For Tajik-Uzbek Relations
The Majlis podcast is back in 2018 – and so am I. Together with some colleagues from Central Asia we took a look at Tajik-Uzbek relations.
Read MoreTag: Central Asia
Kazakhstan: Lake Balkhash – the next Aral?
Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash is under threat of drying up. The history of the Aral Sea is being repeated: On the other side of the border in China, dam after dam is being built on the rivers that feed Lake Balkhash, and each one...
Read MoreUzbekistan’s President Karimov in Brussels: Geopolitical Interests before Human Rights
Human rights activists were highly critical of the fact that both the EU and NATO recently received Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Brussels. For them, it sends out a fatal signal to the autocratic ruler that he can continue...
Read More
