Water is receding in all Central Asian countries. A research by Dr. Eric Rudenshiold from the Caspian Policy Center titled “Is it too late to save Central Asia? The crisis is already here” reveals existential threat...
The United Nations has updated the data on land degradation and desertification across the world, which was presented and discussed at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on November 13-17, 2023. According to the latest...
Salaries in Turkmenistan are set to increase by 10% starting from January 1, 2024 according to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s decree. This once a year, regularly planned raise will include salaries of the...
An article by Crude Accountability titled “The Middle Corridor: Repeating Colonial Practices of Prioritizing Profit Over People in Central Asia” brings attention to various concerns linked to the Middle...
The price of sunflower oil continues a downward trend. In October 2023, the average price for preparing palaw in Ashgabat stood at 68.2 Turkmen manat, showcasing a significant 19.2% decrease from the same month in 2022...
Two authors from Uzbekistan, Rustamjon Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev recently published a book titled: The Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes: Central Asian Migrant Workers in Russia and Turkey. The book...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report titled Agency Actions Needed to Address Harassment of Dissidents and Other Tactics of Transnational Repression in the U.S. While the report primarily...
To investigate the origin and ancestral source of the Akhal-Teke horse eight scientists from the Gansu Agricultural University in Lanzhou, China used genome-wide data from 22 breeds (481 horses) and mitochondrial...
Civic freedoms are being curtailed in a growing number of countries. Turkmenistan is the 6th most closed country in the world by the CIVICUS Monitor. The CIVICUS Monitor assesses the enabling conditions for civil...
In August, 2023 the IWPR Central Asia office organized an international meeting of experts to discuss Central Asia’s infrastructure and energy potential. The expert meeting was held to discuss the progress and...
