The balance of power along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has shifted and could bring bad times for Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and possible opportunities for his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon.
Turkmenistan has the fourth-largest reserves of natural gas in the world but has now become a country where people stand in long lines for rations of bread, dig through garbage for scraps and things they might possibly be able to sell.
Fighting has again broken out along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. This time, the intensity of the battles was far worse and more widespread than anything seen before.
For the last 30 years, good relations between the three countries that share the Ferghana Valley -- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan -- have been difficult to achieve, but a recent meeting of provincial governors was a small but significant step.
On this week's Majlis podcast, RFE/RL Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion about religious freedom and the lack thereof in Central Asia.
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On this week's Majlis podcast, RFE/RL media-relations manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion about gender violence in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and why officials in those two countries seem unable to effectively combat it.
Kyrgyzstan gets most of its domestic electricity from hydropower plants. Low water at the country’s largest hydropower plant has led to a reduction in power that is causing concern in neighboring countries.
Kyrgyzstan’s new constitution passed in a nationwide referendum on April 11, but turnout was low and the entire process of drafting and approving this new constitution was fraught with procedural problems. There is a feeling the new constitution will set Kyrgyzstan on a path to its next revolution.
Since Uzbekistan's first president died in 2016, the authorities have been working to change the image of the country as a chronic rights abuser. There have been some signs of progress but starting in late February, things began to fall apart.
Turkmenistan's national currency hits a new low on the black market in tandem with the standard of living as the country's economic problems are magnified.
The head of Kyrgyzstan’s security service returned from talks with Uzbekistan last week claiming their border demarcation issues have been “resolved 100 percent.” But this week, the same official has been telling residents of some disputed areas that it's not a done deal.
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