News Briefing Central Asia cover © IWPR FocusNews Briefing Central AsiaYears active: 2006-2012 Tight Monetary Policy Seen as Drag on Growth OSCE Launches Minority Language Scheme Parliament Raises US Airbase Issue Again Public Kept Out of Constitutional Debate Teachers to Head for the Hills Iranian Investment Partly Politically Driven Police Reform Could Mean More Repression Uzbekistan Key to Tajik Transport Problems Former Washington Envoy Named as State Secretary Show more