Central Asia

6 December 2018
State Fund Scandal Roils Mongolian Politics: Prime minister is clinging to power after surviving his own party’s attempt to oust him.

29 November 2018
Kyrgyzstan Drawn Into China’s Muslim Crackdown: The Central Asian country is tied to China by a multitude of trade and ethnic links.

27 November 2018
ISIS Involved in Mass Prison Riot, Dushanbe Admits: Official stance marks turnaround for regime, which typically blames ‘terrorism’ on local Islamist group.

20 November 2018
A New Eurasian Order?: Kazakhstan is hoping to reap economic benefits from performing a balancing between China and Russia. From The Conversation.; By Moritz Pieper

20 November 2018
Tajik Mega-Dam Starts Producing Power: Rogun dam project was for long a sore point with neighbor Uzbekistan, but international investors felt the potential gains outweighed the risk.

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