Central Asia
Spurious statistics: In praise of North Korea and Uzbekistan
Counter-intuitive findings from a well-meaning charity hurt its credibility(82)
Heroin stabilises a poor country(22)
Unrest in Kazakhstan: Thicker than oil
Violence in a fading oil town shatters the country’s reputation for stability(1)
Unrest in Kazakhstan: Blowing the lid off
The outbreak of violence in a relatively prosperous, oil-producing region is rattling nerves inside the country and abroad(19)
Kazakhstan at 20: Not-quite-eternal Nursultan
A success story, but the ending is not yet written(20)
Central Asia: Make a new plan, Stans
The biggest instability facing the region’s dictators is the lack of any mechanism to succeed them(18)
An election in Kyrgyzstan: Bridging the divide
An important vote, but tensions and economic woes remain(1)
Strikes in Kazakhstan: Oilers inflamed
The police risk cracking down too hard on the wildcatters(4)
Banyan: More black tea than jasmine
Watching the Middle East and north Africa, Central Asia’s rulers see no pressing reason to fret(11)
Kazakhstan's benevolent father: Long live the khan
Nursultan Nazarbayev, very nearly eternal(24)
Kazakhstan and the OSCE: Toasting a brighter tomorrow
Kazakhstan enjoys a coveted place at the table(1)
Kyrgyzstan: The Kyrgyzstani experiment
Kyrgyzstan does enjoy an advantage, however: geography. Its strategic location makes it courted by the great powers(4)
Restructuring banks: Don't start from here
Kazakhstan shows it is possible to make banks’ creditors share the pain(10)
Kyrgyzstan's election: Teetering steppes
A good poll promises a creaky coalition(5)
Kyrgyzstan's election: Making a Switzerland on the Fergana
Spirited but peaceful voting for a new government is perhaps the most hopeful event to grace the region in years(11)
Kyrgyzstan's election: A vote into the unknown
Parliamentary elections may not calm simmering ethnic tensions(2)
Troubled Tajikistan: Where cure begets disease
Tajikistan's secular rulers may be exaggerating their Islamist enemies into being(3)
Kyrgyzstan: Searching for justice in Kyrgyzstan
This casts doubt on the sincerity of the new regime’s professed devotion to democracy and human rights(28)
Polish shale gas: Boon or bane?
Should Poland's shale-gas dreams materialise, will they transform the country into a Norway or a Turkmenistan?(43)
Commodity prices: The breakfast index
The cost of breakfast rises(0)
Commodity prices: The breakfast index
The cost of breakfast rises(14)
Anti-poverty programmes: Give the poor money
Conditional-cash transfers are good. They could be even better(44)
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