Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.
The role of Islam in politics has come up in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan during the past week. It looks like news, but it's actually a continuation of the centuries-old rivalry and cooperation between mosque and state.
Central Asian governments have long been aware that some of their nationals went to join extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. With Islamic State losing ground, the increasingly pressing question is what to do with these nationals should they seek to return.
When Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbaev resigned as president in March it seemed as if authorities had mapped out the entire route of a transition of power to Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev. There have been some unforeseen obstacles, but that really should not have been a surprise.
The peaceful protests might not be large, but they have received significant international media attention, as have the often clumsy responses of the authorities.
Kyrgyzstan’s president and parliament are vowing there will be no uranium mining in the country for the foreseeable future. But there has already been more work at uranium sites in Kyrgyzstan than most people in the country know, and putting a halt to all of it might prove difficult.
This week, RFE/RL's Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderated a discussion on press freedom in Central Asia: what went right during the last year; and what continues to go wrong.
This week’s Majlis comes from the Connecting Central Asia in the 21st Century conference hosted by Oxford University on April 25.
Human rights groups have repeatedly called on the Tajik authorities to immediately release Mahmadali Hayit, the deputy leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, from prison.
On this week's Majlis podcast, we return to the topic of feminism in Central Asia.
Russia's president has offered his country's help to construct a long-debated nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, lending new traction to a long-contested plan.
More than a year after Ashgabat announced its section of the TAPI natural-gas pipeline was done, Turkmengaz is still ordering sections for the project. What's up?
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