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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Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees

October 15, 2010 - 1:54am

by: Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan

Set up in southwestern Kabul in 1961 during the reign of King Zahir Shah, Jangalak quickly became the nucleus of Afghanistan’s emerging proletariat and took center stage during strikes and labor...
Kyrgyzstan: Protests as Party Questions Result

October 12, 2010 - 8:08am

by: Dean C.K. Cox, Joanna Lillis

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan's experiment with pluralistic democratic rule faltered on October 12 when one party that narrowly missed getting into parliament questioned the results of the October 10 elections.
Heightened Security, Calm Kyrgyz Elections in Osh

October 10, 2010 - 5:10am

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kyrgyzstan

Armed security forces patrolled the streets and armored personnel carriers parked at key intersections in Osh on October 10 as voters went to the polls to elect their first parliament since June's...
Kyrgyzstan: Internal Migrants Lack Voting Papers

October 8, 2010 - 9:36am

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kyrgyzstan

Sitting in her living room with walls covered by traditional carpets and pillows on the floor, Mahadil Abdulaeva fights to hold back the tears as she recounts the sudden death from heart failure...
Interview 180: Azerbaijan Eager to Maintain Balanced Foreign Policy

October 1, 2010 - 4:18pm

by: Justin Burke, Katya Kumkova

Azerbaijan

Samuel Lussac is a PhD candidate in political science at the Institute of Political Science (Sciences-Po) in Bordeaux, France. He has published numerous papers on the political economy of...
Salutes Greet Afghanistan’s First Female Officers

September 30, 2010 - 8:02am

by: Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan

Twenty-nine Afghan women graduated as the country's first female officers during a ceremony that brought smiles, confetti, cheers and tears at the Afghan National Military Academy. But while it...
Refugees, Rural Migrants Struggle in Baku's Suburbs

September 24, 2010 - 8:48am

by: Rena Effendi

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's financial boom from oil and natural gas exploration has transformed most of Baku into a modern metropolis. While the capital center has redefined itself with modern architecture and...
As Summer Fades to Fall, Osh Reconstruction Lagging

September 21, 2010 - 5:23am

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Three months after interethnic violence left almost 2,000 homes across southern Kyrgyzstan destroyed, in Osh, the center of the violence, reconstruction is just beginning. A sense of urgency to...
Armenians Attend Historic Mass at Church in Turkey

September 19, 2010 - 1:46pm

by: Yigal Schleifer

Turkey

For the first time in 95 years, Turkey allows Christian worshipers, including many Armenians from abroad, to attend a historic mass at the 1,089-year-old church on Lake Van’s Akdamar Island in...
Afghanistan: Drug Addiction Tough to Beat in Kabul

September 16, 2010 - 4:14pm

by: Monique Jaques

Afghanistan

Not only is Afghanistan a center of opium production, it has one of the world’s most serious drug addiction problems. An estimated 1 million Afghans, out of a total population of 28 million, are...

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