Author
Mezon Central editorial team
-
Analysis
A teenager froze to death in the mountains near Bishkek
What happened, and will help come in time in the mountains of Central Asia?
-
Analysis
The son became president. How the Berdimuhamedovs divide power in Turkmenistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedov is building a team of his own, while his father stays in view. The main points of Galiya Ibragimova’s analysis for Carnegie Politika.
-
Politics
Central Asia is selling air. How the region learned to turn geopolitics into a resource
Temur Umarov of the Carnegie centre in Berlin on why Washington will not lose interest in Central Asia, how far China’s influence has gone and why nobody is going to divide up the region.
-
Climate
The Qosh Tepa canal: why Central Asia’s water security is at risk
Afghanistan has nearly finished a canal on the Amu Darya without agreeing it with its neighbours. What that means for Uzbekistan and the rest of the region.
-
Opinions
Mezon Central. Let’s get to the bottom of it.
We want the region to be better understood. What Mezon Central will cover, and the rules we work by.
-
Opinions
Nuances nobody checked, or how TV Rain offended Uzbeks
A TV Rain host mispronounced the name of the Uzbek president’s daughter and gave her husband a post he no longer holds. An editorial comment on why that matters.
