Uzbekistan

Tajikistan: No Jobs for Returning Migrants

Many plan to go back to Russia despite declining job prospects there.

Tashkent Tries to Curb Farm Exports

Uzbek Businesses Tire of “Voluntary Contributions”

Chasing Phantoms in the Tajik Mountains

Analysts consider chances of revival of Islamic insurgency as authorities reject claims that guerrilla bands are roaming the hills.

Uzbekistan Talks Up Reforms

Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy

Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.

Turkmenistan: New Pipeline, Old Horizons?

Authorities want capacity to shift gas to market from giant field, but many proposed export routes currently look less than viable.

Upsurge in Militant Presence in Kyrgyzstan

Porous border makes country's south vulnerable to incursions, experts say.

Kyrgyz Abandon Passports Along With Country

Population loss has serious implications for Kyrgyzstan’s future, say experts.

Central Asia: June '09

IWPR event takes regional water and energy debate forward.