Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Paper Tiger or Sleeping Dragon?
Eurasian grouping will include half of the world’s population when it expands next year.
Eurasian grouping will include half of the world’s population when it expands next year.
How has the late leader left his country after 25 years of autocratic rule?
The late leader leaves a tainted legacy and no evident successor.
Looking back at images of life in the quarter-century since independence.
Rumours circulate that funeral preparations have already begun.
The authoritarian system built over 25 years may outlast any one leader.
The government wants to control people’s lives both online and offline.
The countryside may be beautiful, but its communities face an uncertain future.
Analysts say that power play is motivated by competition over energy resources.
Kyrgystan’s membership of a Moscow-led trading bloc has softened the blow for its citizens, but Uzbeks and Tajiks are clearly suffering.