The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life decisions.

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

A year after the Crocus City Hall terror attack, Central Asian migrants in Russia face growing harassment, legal pressure, ...

Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

By Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu ;After the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, Washington along with its Western allies was clueless about what would happen next. They had developed their whole ...

By Bruce Pannier The Kyrgyz Republic’s “Tulip” or “People’s” Revolution – the 20 anniversary of which falls on March 24 – is ...

Director Zhanana Kurmasheva discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, along with producer Banu ...

A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...

They believe these states do not do enough to defend themselves and may not even share American values. On the other hand, ...

At the end of the twentieth century, Chaim Grade preserved the memory of a Jewish tradition besieged by the forces of ...

Lisa Kwon Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and based in Los Angeles, CA. With a preservationist lens, she enjoys writing ...

Mongolia looks to use its upgraded relationship with Kazakhstan to forge closer ties with Central Asia writ large.