NEW YORK — In a packed hall overlooking the United Nations Headquarters, Kazakh nuclear justice advocate Aigerim Seitenova premiered her documentary “JARA — Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan.” The screening took place on the sidelines of the Third Meeting of States Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearContinue Reading
On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This initiative, first proposed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly in 2019,Continue Reading
On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to established a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with the support of 152 countries. Kazakhstan’s presidential administration, Aqorda, called the adoption a “significant foreign policy success for Kazakhstan.” Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev firstContinue Reading
The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of Tajikistan (CCER) has announced the preliminary results of the elections for the country’s lower house of parliament, held on March 2, 2025. Tajikistan’s Majlisi Namoyandagon consists of 63 deputies elected for a five-year term. Under the country’s electoral system, 41 deputies areContinue Reading
On March 3, Uzbekistan’s presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov announced that Aziz Tashpulatov, formerly head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Tashkent, had been named the minister of internal affairs. A few hours later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put out a statement that echoed Asadov’s announcement andContinue Reading
On February 12, a parliamentary inquiry regarding a foreign agent law was presented to the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament. The bill was presented by five parliamentarians led by Irina Smirnova from the People’s Party of Kazakhstan. The group cited a desire for greater sovereignty as the rationale behind theContinue Reading
In early February, headlines in Uzbekistan proclaimed that 31 gold mining sites Navoi region had been auctioned off, with many claiming that the majority of the buyers were Chinese. As is often the case, there was a degree of nuance that got lost in the initial chatter. The public fixation,Continue Reading
On February 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order reimposing “maximum pressure” on the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The anti-Iran campaign is intended to deprive the country of any financial gain, including oil exports, port operations, and ancillary industries. Under the order, the U.S.Continue Reading
Three years after announcing a “New Kazakhstan,” has Tokayev truly changed Central Asia’s leading economy? Source linkContinue Reading
Government officials from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at last finalized a border delimitation agreement during a meeting at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on February 21. The meeting, spearheaded by Saimumin Yatimov, the head of Tajikistan’s security services, and Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s security services, “occurred in anContinue Reading
