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 Jun 7, 2024

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In this biweekly podcast, host Bruce Pannier welcomes expert guests to discuss significant political developments and pressing social issues affecting the nations of Central Asia.

Episode Date
Central Asia's New Position In Global Politics
May 25, 2025
EU Strengthens Ties With Central Asia
Apr 20, 2025
Saving The Caspian Sea
Mar 23, 2025
Tajikistan's Descent Into Despotism
Feb 23, 2025
Human Rights Watch Calls Out 'Worsening' Situation In Central Asia
Jan 26, 2025
What Will Trump's Policy Be Toward Central Asia?
Dec 22, 2024
Violence Against Women Increasing in Central Asia
Dec 08, 2024
What Do Central Asians Think About China?
Nov 24, 2024
No Safe Haven In Europe For Central Asian Opposition
Nov 10, 2024
Diving Deep Into Tajikistan's Armed Forces
Oct 27, 2024
Central Asia Pushes Back On Russian Critiques
Oct 13, 2024
Kazakhstan’s Controversial Nuclear Power Vote
Sep 29, 2024
Russia’s Power Play In Central Asia
Sep 15, 2024
The Racialization Of Central Asians In Russia
Sep 01, 2024
Decolonizing Central Asia
Aug 18, 2024
Legislating Fashion In Central Asia
Aug 04, 2024
Three Years With The Taliban As Neighbors
Jul 21, 2024
Suppressing Karakalpakstan’s Sovereignty
Jul 07, 2024
The Threat Posed by IS-K To Central Asia -- And Beyond
Jun 23, 2024
The Rise Of The Organization Of Turkic States
Jun 09, 2024
Tajik Government's Crackdown In Gorno-Badakhshan Enters Third Year
May 26, 2024
Clamping Down On Religious Freedom In Central Asia
May 12, 2024
British Foreign Secretary Cameron Visits Central Asia
Apr 28, 2024
Are Tajik Government Policies Helping Create Terrorists?
Apr 14, 2024
Tajiks In Russia Living In Fear After Moscow Terrorist Attack
Mar 31, 2024
Turkmenistan's Search For New Gas Markets
Mar 17, 2024
Death, Detention, Deportation: The Plight of Karakalpak Activists
Mar 10, 2024
Kloop's Closure: A Bad Omen For Independent Kyrgyz Media?
Feb 18, 2024
Huge EU Investment Program Looks To Expand Middle Corridor To Central Asia
Feb 04, 2024
The Crackdown On Kyrgyzstan's Independent Media
Jan 21, 2024
Kyrgyzstan's Government Raises Its New Flag
Jan 07, 2024
Central Asia: Not Russia’s Backyard But Still Russia's Neighbor
Dec 31, 2023
Central Asia’s Rising Global Profile And How That Affects Governance At Home
Dec 24, 2023
Punishing Reporting: Bloggers Under Pressure In Mirziyoev’s Uzbekistan
Dec 17, 2023
Merchant Protests Shake Kyrgyz Government
Dec 10, 2023
Meeting Development Goals For Central Asia’s Persons With Disabilities
Dec 03, 2023
The Drone Race In Central Asia
Nov 26, 2023
Recent Attacks Spotlight Gender Violence In Kazakhstan
Nov 19, 2023
Law And Order In Tajikistan
Nov 12, 2023
How Distant Wars Impact Central Asia
Nov 05, 2023
Kyrgyzstan's Draft Laws Push Independent Media, Civil Society To The Edge
Oct 29, 2023
Can Sanctions Work Against Central Asian Kleptocracies?
Oct 22, 2023
Tajik Authorities Called Out For Enforced Disappearances, Transnational Repression
Oct 15, 2023
How Kyrgyzstan's Legal System Is Failing Women
Oct 08, 2023
Is Kazakhstan Preparing A Russian-Style 'Foreign Agents' Law?
Oct 01, 2023
U.S.-Central Asia Relations After Biden's Meeting With Region's Presidents
Sep 24, 2023
Central Asian Leaders Meet To Discuss Russia, Climate Change, And More
Sep 17, 2023
Kyrgyz Authorities Tighten Their Grip On Power
Sep 10, 2023
Turkmenistan’s Massive Methane Gas Emissions
Sep 03, 2023
Kazakhstan: Atomic Bombs And Nuclear Power Plants
Aug 27, 2023
How Russia's War On Ukraine Is Affecting Kyrgyz-Russian Relations
Aug 20, 2023
Central Asians In Europe, Turkey Subject To Transnational Repression
Aug 13, 2023
Exploring Central Asia's Present And Future
Aug 06, 2023
In The Summer Heat, Central Asia Suffers Water, Power Shortages
Jul 30, 2023
A New Era For Central Asian-Arab Relations?
Jul 23, 2023
UN Experts Decry Tajik Government's Increasing Rights Violations
Jul 16, 2023
The Uzbek President's Broken Promises On Media Freedom
Jul 09, 2023
One Year Since The Violence In Karakalpakstan Over Proposed Changes To Uzbekistan's Constitution
Jul 02, 2023
U.S. Commission Reports Limits To Religious Freedom In Kazakhstan
Jun 25, 2023
How Colonialism Shapes Our Discussion About Central Asia
Jun 18, 2023
Report Questions Kazakh Authorities' Actions During And After 'Bloody January'
Jun 11, 2023
Kyrgyzstan's 'Foreign Agent' Law Intended To Stifle NGOs, Media
Jun 04, 2023
Militant Groups In Afghanistan Looking To Topple Central Asian Governments
May 28, 2023
Xian Summit Shows Chinese-Central Asian Relations Moving Forward
May 21, 2023
Central Asia And Russia, China: Who’s Waxing, Who’s Waning?
May 14, 2023
A Year Of Repression Against Tajikistan's Pamiris In Gorno-Badakhshan
May 07, 2023
Gold Mining And Resource Nationalism In Kyrgyzstan
Apr 30, 2023
New Uzbek Constitution Paves Way For President To Stay Until 2040, But What Else Changes?
Apr 23, 2023
What An Oil Workers' Protest Tells Us About The New Kazakhstan
Apr 16, 2023
Another Step In Legal Protection For Women And Children In Uzbekistan
Apr 09, 2023
The Ebb And Flow Of The Taliban's Relations With Central Asia
Apr 02, 2023
The Uzbek Princess And Her Assistants
Mar 26, 2023
The Year Since Turkmenistan Elected A New President
Mar 19, 2023
A Look At Kazakhstan's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
Mar 12, 2023
Combating Gender-Based Violence In Central Asia
Mar 05, 2023
How Moscow’s War In Ukraine Is Changing Russian-Central Asian Relations
Feb 26, 2023
Central Asia's Sexual Violence Problem
Feb 19, 2023
The Carefully Managed Trials Of Karakalpak Protesters
Feb 12, 2023
How Kyrgyzstan 'Has Slid Towards Autocracy'
Feb 05, 2023
Turkmenistan: Nice Try, Son
Jan 29, 2023
Powerful Tashkent Mayor Suddenly Fired
Jan 22, 2023
The Terrible Rights Situation In Turkmenistan
Jan 15, 2023
The Year Since 'Bloody January' In Kazakhstan
Jan 08, 2023
2022: A Raucous Year For Central Asia
Jan 01, 2023
A Big Year For Turkish-Central Asian Relations
Dec 25, 2022
A Talk About Tajikistan With The UN's Special Rapporteur For Human Rights Defenders
Dec 18, 2022
Karakalpaks Speak About The Situation In Uzbekistan
Dec 11, 2022
Tajikistan Jails More Pamiris In Gorno-Badakhshan Crackdown
Dec 04, 2022
Why Aren't Uzbek Security Forces Part Of The Probe Into Karakalpakstan Violence?
Nov 27, 2022
Kyrgyz Government Turns Up The Heat On Critics
Nov 20, 2022
Will Kazakhstan's Presidential Election Be A Turning Point?
Nov 13, 2022
The Difficulties Of Marking Kyrgyzstan’s Borders With Tajikistan And Uzbekistan
Nov 06, 2022
Kyrgyz Government Jails Opponents, Blocks RFE/RL
Oct 30, 2022
A Terrible Year In Tajikistan
Oct 23, 2022
Does The Russian-Led CSTO Have A Future?
Oct 16, 2022
Improving Life For People With Disabilities In Central Asia
Oct 09, 2022
How Are Central Asians Reacting To The Flood Of Russians?
Oct 02, 2022
Life Along The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
Sep 25, 2022
SCO Summit In Samarkand: What Did And Did Not Happen
Sep 18, 2022
The Rise Of Decolonial Thinking In Central Asia
Sep 11, 2022
Kumtor Gold Mine Controversies Continue Under Kyrgyz Ownership
Sep 04, 2022
Central Asia Looks To Open Trans-Caspian Trade Routes
Aug 28, 2022
Tajik Government Clearing The Political Field Of Potential Opposition
Aug 21, 2022
Central Asians Seeking Asylum In Europe
Aug 14, 2022
Climate Change In Central Asia
Aug 07, 2022
Uzbekistan's Arrangement With The Taliban
Jul 31, 2022
Central Asian Summit Falls Short Of Unity
Jul 24, 2022
Why Is Violence Against Women, Girls In Kyrgyzstan On The Rise?
Jul 17, 2022
Violence In Central Asia's Only Two Autonomous Regions
Jul 10, 2022
A New Era For Iranian-Central Asian Relations?
Jul 03, 2022
Kazakhstan Veers Course Away From Russia
Jun 26, 2022
Gender Discrimination And Violence Against Women Plague Central Asia
Jun 19, 2022
Tajikistan Hiding Security Operation In Pamirs From The World
Jun 12, 2022
Is A Hungry Summer Coming To Central Asia?
Jun 05, 2022
Kazakhstan Preps For Referendum On Changes To Constitution
May 29, 2022
What's Behind The Continuing Violence In Gorno-Badakhshan?
May 22, 2022
Tajikistan On Guard As Situation Across Afghan Border Deteriorates
May 15, 2022
Central Asia Again Worried About Attacks From Northern Afghanistan
May 08, 2022
Central Asia's Authorities Get Wise To New Media
May 01, 2022
One Year After Kyrgyz-Tajik Conflict, Tensions Still High Along Border
Apr 24, 2022
Russia's War In Ukraine Means Less Food, Higher Prices
Apr 17, 2022
Trying To Open A Trade Route From Central Asia To India
Apr 10, 2022
Central Asians Distancing Themselves From Russia After Invasion Of Ukraine
Apr 03, 2022
Central Asians On The Front Lines In Ukraine
Mar 27, 2022
How Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Is Dividing Societies In Central Asia
Mar 20, 2022
The Spillover In Central Asia From Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine
Mar 13, 2022
The Central Asian Dilemma Over Russia’s Attack On Ukraine
Mar 06, 2022
Putin, Ukraine, And Why There's Uneasiness In Central Asia
Feb 27, 2022
Establishment Of Dynastic Rule in Turkmenistan Set For March 12
Feb 20, 2022
What Is Happening In Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan?
Feb 13, 2022
What The Temirov Case Says About The Kyrgyz Media
Feb 06, 2022
India And Central Asian States Hold Their First Summit
Jan 30, 2022
The Impact Of Kazakh Unrest On Human Rights, Rule Of Law
Jan 23, 2022
Making Sense Of Events In Kazakhstan
Jan 16, 2022
Ten Years Later, Many Questions Remain About Zhanaozen Violence
Dec 19, 2021
A New Attempt At A Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline
Dec 12, 2021
What's Next For Turkey And Central Asia?
Dec 05, 2021
Kyrgyzstan Prepares To Conduct Parliamentary Elections Again
Nov 21, 2021
The Effects Of Climate Change On Central Asia
Nov 14, 2021
Shortages On People’s Minds As Central Asia Heads Into Winter
Oct 31, 2021
Is China's Base In Tajikistan A Sign Of Creeping Penetration?
Oct 24, 2021
What To Expect From The Presidential Vote In Uzbekistan
Oct 17, 2021
Tensions Along The Tajik-Afghan Border
Oct 10, 2021
One Year Since Controversial Kyrgyz Elections
Oct 03, 2021
Will Turkmenistan Come Clean About COVID-19?
Sep 26, 2021
China Increases Pressure On Uyghurs In Central Asia
Sep 12, 2021
Uzbekistan Walks The Tightrope In Its Policies Toward Afghanistan
Sep 05, 2021
Tajikistan Takes A Hard Line On The Taliban
Aug 29, 2021
A New Afghan Reality For Central Asia
Aug 22, 2021
Revisiting Central Asia's COVID-19 Struggle
Aug 15, 2021
Who Are The Central Asian Fighters In North Afghanistan?
Aug 08, 2021
Kyrgyzstan Backtracks On Human Rights And Freedom Of The Press
Aug 01, 2021
Central Asia Watches Situation In Northern Afghanistan With Growing Concern
Jul 25, 2021
Mixed Results For Women Jihadists Brought Back To Kazakhstan
Jul 04, 2021
Just How Bad Has The Situation Become In Turkmenistan?
Jun 27, 2021
Uzbek Leader Visits Tajikistan To Cement New Relationship
Jun 13, 2021
The Struggles Of Independent NGOs In Uzbekistan
Jun 06, 2021
Central Asia's Prospects As U.S. Forces Leave Afghanistan
May 30, 2021
Uzbekistan Sends A Harsh Message To Bloggers, Political Opponents
May 16, 2021
Making Sense Of The Clashes At The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
May 09, 2021
Turkmenistan: Mismanaged And Impoverished
May 02, 2021
The Threat To Religious Freedom In Central Asia
Apr 25, 2021
Gender Violence Continues To Claim Victims In Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Apr 18, 2021
What's Going On In Uzbekistan?
Apr 11, 2021
New Rules In Kazakhstan, Death Threats In Kyrgyzstan: The Problems Facing Central Asian Journalists
Mar 28, 2021
Majlis Podcast: Bad News For The Remittance Dependent In Central Asia
Mar 21, 2021
Majlis Podcast: The New Dynamics Of Turkey's Central Asia Relations
Mar 14, 2021
Majlis Podcast: Women's Day In Central Asia
Mar 07, 2021
Majlis Podcast: The Shovvozsoy Mansion Exposé
Feb 28, 2021
Despite Promises, Are Rights Abuses In Kazakhstan Getting Worse?
Feb 21, 2021
Dynastic Succession, Renewed Hopes For Pipelines: What's Going On In Turkmenistan?
Feb 14, 2021
What Do Kyrgyz President's Early Steps Say About Future Plans?
Feb 07, 2021
Lawyers In Central Asia: Defending Clients And Themselves
Jan 31, 2021
Biden And Central Asia: Three Former Ambassadors Weigh In
Jan 24, 2021
Kazakhstan Has A New Parliament, Kyrgyzstan Has A New President. So What Comes Next?
Jan 17, 2021
Majlis Podcast: COVID-19 In Central Asia In 2021
Jan 10, 2021
Majlis Podcast: What's At Stake In Kazakh Elections?
Dec 27, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Stakes Are High In Kyrgyzstan Ahead Of Crucial Vote
Dec 20, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Uzbekistan's Report Card On Religious Freedom, Human Rights
Dec 13, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Fighting To Stop Violence Against Women
Dec 06, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Controversy Over Kyrgyzstan’s Draft Constitution
Nov 22, 2020
Majlis Podcast: New Revelations In Kyrgyz Corruption Scheme
Nov 15, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Kazkhstan's Opposition And The Upcoming Elections
Nov 08, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Power Grab In Kyrgyzstan
Oct 25, 2020
Podcast: What Just Happened In Kyrgyzstan And Where Is It All Headed?
Oct 18, 2020
A Turbulent Week In Kyrgyzstan: What Happened And What Might Be The Way Out Of This?
Oct 10, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Tajik President Looks To Extend His Rule To 35 Years
Oct 04, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Rebranding And Gangster Candidates. It’s Kyrgyzstan’s Parliamentary Elections
Sep 27, 2020
Majlis Podcast: What Is The Oxus Society?
Sep 20, 2020
How Do The Protests In Belarus Resonate In Central Asia?
Sep 13, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Mirziyoev's Four Years At The Helm
Sep 06, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Turkmenistan's COVID Dilemma
Aug 16, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Counting The Coronavirus Cases In Central Asia
Aug 09, 2020
Podcast: The Death Of Azimjan Askarov And The Fates Of Other Political Prisoners In Central Asia
Aug 02, 2020
Majlis Podcast: International Funding And Central Asia's Fight Against COVID-19
Jul 19, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Media Freedom And The Coronavirus In Tajikistan
Jul 12, 2020
Majlis Podcast: With Coronavirus, Domestic Violence In Central Asia Has Gotten Much Worse
Jul 05, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Central Asia Eases Lockdowns And Coronavirus Cases Shoot Up
Jun 21, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Uzbekistan's Spy Games
Jun 14, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Coronavirus Effect On Central Asia’s Relations With China
Jun 07, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Legacy Of Osh, 10 Years After
May 31, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Kazakh, Kyrgyz Leaders Take Issue With Eurasian Union
May 27, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Pandemic Makes Life Even Harder For Central Asia's Disabled
May 17, 2020
Majlis Podcast: As It Begins To Reopen, Is Central Asia Getting It Right?
May 10, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, And The Coronavirus
May 03, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Central Asian Migrant Laborers Who Are Not Going Home
Apr 19, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Coronavirus As A Means To Strengthen Control
Apr 12, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Coronavirus In Central Asia
Mar 29, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Challenges Still Faced By Central Asia's Women
Mar 08, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Protests In Kazakhstan And An Activist’s Death In Police Custody
Mar 01, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Looking For Clues In Tajikistan’s Parliamentary Elections
Feb 23, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Bringing Uzbekistan’s Students Home From Neighboring Central Asian States
Feb 16, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The United States Unveils Its Strategy For Central Asia
Feb 09, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Central Asia And The Coronavirus
Feb 02, 2020
Podcast: What Happens When China’s Kazakhs Flee To Kazakhstan?
Jan 26, 2020
Majlis Podcast: The Blackening Skies Of Central Asia
Jan 19, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Will Uzbekistan Join The Eurasian Union?
Jan 12, 2020
Majlis Podcast: Is There Anything Different About Uzbekistan’s Parliamentary Elections This Time?
Dec 15, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The Backlash Against Art -- And Feminism -- In Kyrgyzstan
Dec 08, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Kyrgyzstan’s Kings Of Corruption
Dec 01, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The EU's Central Asia Strategy For Future Cooperation
Nov 17, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The 'Terrorist' Attack In Tajikistan -- What’s Fact And What’s Fiction
Nov 10, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Protests And Palace Intrigue In Kazakhstan
Nov 03, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Pressure On The Press In Tajikistan Grows, As Crucial Ruling Looms
Oct 27, 2019
Majlis Podcast: A Reality Check On Uzbekistan's Cotton fields
Oct 20, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The Role Of Women In Central Asian Governments
Oct 13, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Central Asian Authorities' Obsession Over Beards And Hijabs
Oct 06, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Demonstrations Against Chinese Influence Continue In Kazakhstan
Sep 29, 2019
Cross-Border Tensions In Central Asia
Sep 22, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Turkmenistan Singled Out Over Enforced Disappearances
Sep 15, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Could Kyrgyzstan’s First President Return Home?
Sep 08, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Will Kazakhstan's Youth Wake The Country Up?
Sep 01, 2019
Majlis Podcast: What Does Pressure On Xinjiang Activist In Kazakhstan Tell Us?
Aug 11, 2019
Majlis Podcast: A Russian Ingredient In A Kyrgyz Feud
Aug 04, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Behind Turkmenistan's Facade
Jul 28, 2019
Majlis Podcast: What's Happening With Gulnara Karimova?
Jun 30, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Kazakh Youth Group Wakes Up Political Scene
Jun 16, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Kazakhstan’s Planned Presidential Succession Goes Off Script
Jun 07, 2019
Majlis Podcast: One Year After Bride-Kidnapping Death, Are Kyrgyzstan’s Women Safer?
Jun 02, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Tajikistan’s Dangerous Prisons
May 25, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Reintegration Of Repatriated Central Asian Fighters
May 19, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Preelection Discontent In Kazakhstan
May 12, 2019
Majlis Podcast: In Central Asia, An Unfree Press Continues To Reign
May 05, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The Question Of Connectivity In Central Asia
Apr 28, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The Continuous Torture Of A Tajik Opposition Leader
Apr 14, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Coming Back To Feminism In Central Asia
Apr 07, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Central Asia’s Most Precious Resource: Water
Mar 31, 2019
Majlis Podcast: The Kazakh President’s Departure And What Happens Next
Mar 25, 2019
Podcast: The Fate Of 'Googoosha'
Mar 17, 2019
Majlis Podcast: Another Tajik Government Narrative Falls Apart
Mar 10, 2019