Monumental Blunders in Uzbekistan
Samarkand’s fabled buildings patched up in thoughtless effort to bring tourists.
Samarkand’s fabled buildings patched up in thoughtless effort to bring tourists.
IWPR marks the 200th edition of its Reporting Central Asia with mixed feelings.
Kyrgyzstan's traditional ally pledges assistance amid unrest which local officials claim has been provoked by groups funded by Western agencies.
By Vladimir Davlatov in Dushanbe (RCA No. 143, 3-Sep-02)
Prominent Washington analyst downplays Central Asia's strategic and geopolitical value.
The growing friendship between China and Tajikistan provokes unease in some quarters of this tiny Central Asian republic.
Tajik and Uzbek officials in the interim administration in Afghanistan appear to be looking to Dushanbe to bolster their position.
Some ethnic Russians are leaving Kyrgyzstan because of their opposition to the imminent deployment of thousands of troops in the country.
Transporting humanitarian aid shipments to Afghanistan is fraught with danger.