News Briefing Central Asia

Turkmen Leader Prepares for Re-Election

Uzbek Leader Changes Rules on Presidential Term

Open Government Uzbek-Style

Trouble Near the Top in Uzbekistan

Uzbek Dissident Out After Five Years in Mental Hospital

Central Asian state still using Soviet-era “punitive psychiatry” to silence regime critics.

Tashkent Watchful as Kyrgyz Make Advances to Moscow

Uzbek Rail Blast Sparks Terror Fears

Uzbek Leaders Balk at Vital Reforms

China Seeks New Turkmen Energy Deals

Uzbek, Turkmen Wariness of Closer Afghan Ties