Category: Kyrgyzstan
On a disappearing Kyrgyz glacier, seven women learn to read the ice
Seven women joined glaciologist Gulbara Omorova on Kyrgyzstan’s rapidly retreating Adygene glacier. Their expedition is now becoming part of a documentary about science, climate change and the women working to… [...]
Janina Arsenjeva: “Finding a problem doesn’t mean reform has failed”
Disability rights are gaining ground across Central Asia, but progress remains uneven. Janina Arsenjeva discusses what is changing, who is still being left behind, and why finding problems can itself… [...]
Far from home, behind the wheel: A Kyrgyz truck driver on Europe’s roads
A truck driver from Kyrgyzstan describes life on Europe’s roads, from recruitment costs and salary deductions to sleeping in his cab, supporting his family and saving for a future back… [...]
South Korea’s Central Asia strategy is regional in form, bilateral in practice
South Korea has elevated ties with Central Asia to summit level. But experts tell Novastan that the real test lies in investment, local value creation and cross-border cooperation - not… [...]
From Development Partner to Strategic Supplier: What Seoul’s First Central Asia Summit Really Signals?
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Bruce Pannier: “Central Asians never viewed their region as Russia’s backyard”
From photocopied Central Asian newspapers in the 1990s to YouTube investigations and exile media today, Bruce Pannier traces how journalism in the region has changed - and why independent voices… [...]
“A Fourth Political Reset?”: An Interview with Kyrgyz Political Scientist Emil Dzhuraev
An assessment of President Sadyr Japarov’s tenure, the political realignment following the dismissal of the head of the security services, and growing economic dependence on China… For Novastan, prominent… [...]
The Silk Road Paradigm and the Dilemma of In-Between
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Who Made the Nations of Central Asia?
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“The Chaar is much more than a horse”: reviving Kyrgyzstan’s indigenous spotted breed
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“Follow the invoices”: Marius Dragomir on how money shapes independent journalism
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China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: Who wins from Central Asia’s new trade route?
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