Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

Molly Corso

Georgia
Georgia: Soaking Up the Dying Tradition of Massage in the Tbilisi Baths

Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia
Kyrgyzstan’s April Uprising: Path to Change or Death in Vain?

Natasha Yefimov and David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia: Activists Try to Keep Environmental Treasure Clean

Pearly Jacob

Mongolia
Kazakhstan’s Old Believers Keep the Faith

David Trilling and Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan
Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees

Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan
Big Birds Swoop In for Annual Bayan Ulgii Festival

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia
Child Jockeys Train for Naadam Horse Races

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

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Mongolia: Eagle Hunting Sustains Kazakhs’ Living Legacy

January 25, 2013 - 11:22am

by: Keith Mellnick

Kazakhstan

“It’s good, yes? It’s veeeery good!” Orisbai Shatirbai laughs giddily, as Hiran, his five-year-old golden eagle, perches over the large fox it has just caught on the Mongolian steppe.
Tamada Travels: The Caucasus Beyond the Headlines

January 25, 2013 - 9:51am

by: Giorgi Lomsadze

Georgia

Episode 2: The Georgian Baths - The thermal baths in the Georgian capital Tbilisi have fascinated travelers for centuries, and the city...
Central Asia: Photographer's "White Road" Exposes Life in White, Black, Shades of Gray

January 11, 2013 - 10:28am

by: A Book Review by David Trilling

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Russia
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

Anyone who’s traveled in the vast open spaces of Central Asia has heard it, or seen it plastered on roadside monuments punctuating long stretches of highway: Ak Jol in Kazakh and Kyrgyz and Oq Yol...
EurasiaNet's 2012 Photos of the Year

January 5, 2013 - 12:00pm

by: EurasiaNet

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

From the colorful bazaars of Istanbul to the felt gers of Ulaanbaatar, our contributing photojournalists have documented daily life - the struggles and the joys, the politics and sports, the...
Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

January 4, 2013 - 12:00pm

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

Feasting and toasting have long been an integral part of Georgia’s cultural identity. But shifting priorities mean that Georgians are redefining the custom of banquets, known as supras.
Interview 180: Where Does Kazakhstan's Higher Education Stand?

December 28, 2012 - 12:00pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kazakhstan

Dr. Mukash Burkitbayev is the vice rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. As professor of chemical sciences, Burkitbayev was jointly awarded in 2007 the NATO Science...
Interview 180: The Question of Nazarbayev's Successor

December 14, 2012 - 12:00pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox, Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan

Dosym Satpayev is an independent political analyst and the director of the Kazakhstan Risks Assessment Group, an Almaty-based think tank that researches...
Tamada Travels: The Caucasus Beyond the Headlines

November 15, 2012 - 12:07pm

by: Giorgi Lomsadze

Georgia

Episode 1: Fortunetelling in Georgia - Take a look at the news, and the Caucasus is all about power struggles. But live there awhile,...
Kazakhstan: Securing the Faith in Almaty

November 12, 2012 - 7:28am

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kazakhstan

In a plain single-story house in a northeastern suburb of Almaty, Pastor  Vasiliy Shegay brings his flock of about 50 followers to their feet in  song and prayer on a late Sunday morning. An...
Mongolia: Russians Hang on Through Post-Soviet Change

November 9, 2012 - 8:33am

by: Pearly Jacob

Mongolia

On a chilly morning recently, workers in Ulaanbaatar dislodged Mongolia’s last statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin from the downtown plinth where it had stood since 1954. A small group watched...

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