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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Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

January 4, 2013 - 1:00pm

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 - 1:00pm

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 - 1:00pm

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 - 1:07pm

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 - 8:28am

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 - 9:33am

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...
Georgia: Is Libertarian Reform Philosophy Driving Rising Wave of Labor Discontent?

October 30, 2012 - 10:31pm

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

A rusty and dilapidated century-old manganese mine is emerging as a focal point of spreading labor discontent in Georgia. A trade union leader blames the libertarian economic reform approach taken...
Interview 180: Afghan News Media Industry Matures, But Future Is Uncertain

October 26, 2012 - 12:00pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Afghanistan

Massoud Hossaini is a staff photojournalist for Agence France-Presse and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his image of a suicide bombing in Kabul,...
Interview 180: As NATO Troops Withdraw From Afghanistan, Journalism Suffers

October 19, 2012 - 2:55am

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Afghanistan

Massoud Hossaini is a staff photojournalist for Agence France-Presse and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his image of a suicide bombing in Kabul,...
Uzbekistan: On The Road at Shutter Speed

September 14, 2012 - 12:00pm

by: Ikuru Kuwajima

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan gets a bad rap for its repressive government and dysfunctional economy. But the landscape can still take one’s breath away, as Japanese photographer Ikuru Kuwajima found during his...

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