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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Fuel-Efficient Stoves Aim To Cut Smog

March 22, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

Mongolia calls itself the land of blue sky, but for seven long months each year, a thick cloud of smog hangs over the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

The coldest capital city in the world,...
Baku Mosque Closures Inconvenience Believers

March 18, 2010 - 8:00pm

by: Jonathan Makiri

Azerbaijan

Among the many construction projects that now seem to define downtown Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital city, it’s notable that one type of building, the mosque, isn’t faring so well. This EurasiaNet...
Azerbaijan: Living in Oil

March 11, 2010 - 8:00pm

by: Jonathan Makiri

Azerbaijan

Upon arrival at Baku’s Heydar Aliyev international airport most foreign visitors make their way to the city center along the modern Heydar Aliyev highway, a thoroughfare lined with newly...
Interview 180: OSCE Summit Must Have Point

March 11, 2010 - 4:00pm

by: Katya Kumkova

Kazakhstan

Anthony Pahigian, deputy director of the US State Department’s Office of European Security and Political Affairs, gave an informal lecture at the Open Society Institute in New York on February 24...
Communities Suffer from Prolonged Harsh Winter

March 9, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

The dzud in Mongolia has killed more than 2.7 million animals, nearly a tenth of the national total, since the end of 2009. Families with fewer than 300 animals are particularly at risk - the...
Daily Life of Bauchi Qaldani As a Village Elder

March 8, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Temo Bardzimashvili

Georgia

In the remote mountain villages of Georgia’s northwest region of Svaneti, 84-year-old Bauchi Qaldani of Adishi is universally regarded as a wise man. And Qaldani, a village elder now in his fifth...
Three Women Reflect on International Women's Day

March 8, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

Diana Karibova, a 24-year-old marketing manager at the American Chamber of Commerce, and her husband Giorgi share parental duties for their newborn son Alex. By tradition,...
Interview 180: Democratization Crucial for Security

March 2, 2010 - 10:00am

by: Katya Kumkova

Kazakhstan

Vladimir Shkolnikov, a former top official at the Organization for the Security and Cooperation of Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), took part in an informal...
Tajikistan: Yak Herders See New Challenges in Post-Communist World

February 25, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Tajikistan

Orozbek's daughters are making green tea. As my eyes adjust to the darkness inside his family's yurt, the little girls fuss with plastic cauldrons of water around a small tin stove stuffed with...
Village Mourns Georgia's Olympic Luger Kumaritashvili

February 20, 2010 - 1:00pm

by: Temo Bardzimashvili

Georgia

Georgian Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died on Feb. 12, 2010, after crashing into a steel beam during a practice run on a luge track at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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