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Politics
Power, laws and elections across the region.
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Politics
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the U.S. crosshairs: What does Washington want from Astana and Tashkent?
The White House has put Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a list of countries suspected of re-exporting Chinese goods to get around US tariffs. Dossym Satpayev on what this means for the region.
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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.
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Politics
“I serve my father”: 42 facts about Saida Mirziyoyeva
The Uzbek president’s elder daughter has turned 42. The main facts about her career, her powers and her family.
