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Tourism in Uzbekistan: Weaving Silk Roads from the Louvre to your Instagram Reels

Travel to Uzbekistan continues to gain popularity, and it’s not just thanks to social media.

August 10, 2025
‘My Heart is a Tapestry Woven in Time to a Techno Beat’

Claudia-Macey Dare from Charles University, Prague takes you on a journey through the Eastern European and Central Asian techno scenes.

July 28, 2025
My Brutalist Bishkek

James Mair from the University of Cambridge discusses all there is to love about the often-overlooked Soviet architecture of Bishkek.

January 19, 2025
How Kyrgyzstan’s new flag design serves as a litmus test for the health of its democracy.

Tom Fort from the University of St Andrews reviews the recent changes to the Kyrgyz Republic’s flag and what this means for its democracy.

February 25, 2024
Unity and Division: Linguistic and Cultural Borders in Bukhara

Sam Colvine, undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, analyses the multilingual environment of Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

February 4, 2024
What role can Britain play in Central Asia?

Peter Molloy, undergraduate in Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge, discusses Britain’s potential to play a positive role in Central.

February 4, 2024
Europe and Kazakhstan

Former Austrian foreign minister, Dr Benita Ferrero-Waldner, outlines the growing interdependence of Kazakhstan and the European Union.

January 10, 2018
One Belt, Whose Road?

The road to debt is paved with good intentions.

November 26, 2017
Manas, Memory, and the Making of the Kyrgyz National Myth

How one epic poem has defined Kyrgyz identity.

November 21, 2017
Hair-Clips and Hierarchy

What ‘Mambetka’ means for Kazakhstan in the Age of Inequality.

November 8, 2017
Torn between Two Worlds — how Social Media is Impacting Kazakhstan’s Development

The unique, and not so unique, ways in which social media are helping, and hindering, young people in Kazakhstan.

October 30, 2017

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