Китай инвестировал в экономику Таджикистана свыше $5 млрд rus.azattyq.org/a/kitay-invest…

📢 New paper out with ASIAC Studies on Central Asia & Caucasus in Italy: "Uzbekistan in the Global Majority: A protagonist of reglobalisation?". 🌏A reflection on Uzbekistan's integration into the global economy, with emphasis on South-South ties. For the ITACA project funded by Farnesina 🇮🇹. riviste.fupress.net/index.php/asia…

A brand-new article is out for ASIAC's journal "Studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus" about #green #energy corridors and the Black Sea Submarine Cable case between #EU members and energy partners in the #Caucasus Free to read, in Italian, at this link rebrand.ly/BlackSeaSC

🎙️SPERI Presents... LIVE!🎙️ 📡What is the relationship between the capitalist economy and organised violence by, within and between states? ⏺️We recorded a roundtable discussion at BISA - British International Studies Association Conference in Belfast Listen now: shorturl.at/GF3re

Have a listen to my comments on #CentralAsia|n perceptions of #Russia's War in #Ukraine. I challenge Eurocentric narratives about organised violence that characterise geopolitical imaginaries in IPE This live SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social podcast was recorded at BISA2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0giRR5…

Backlash: China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia by Bradley Jardine and Edward Lemon is available now! ‘An important and often unnerving book.’ —Peter Frankopan Get 25% off w/code BACKLASH25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3pxr95c7

The Soviet-style “Potemkin tour” is alive and well in today’s China – as Princeton University Press found out recently, when several of its staff took a controversial trip to Xinjiang. buff.ly/LVLWvwI

Launching a monthly newsletter “Nodes from Pluriverse”, on news, reading recommendations (books freshly out of press), key concept highlight (this month it’s Wolfe’s “the logic of elimination”), talks, podcasts, and opportunities and open calls - all on decolonial option 👇🏾🔗

Uzbek airline Centrum Air has launched a new route connecting Samarkand and Dushanbe. - en.fergana.media/news/139046

Our co-authored article with Prof Timur Dadabaev was featured in the International Affairs' X account post

Nine companies from Kazakhstan have been added for the first time to China’s non-food exporter list, offering new export opportunities to the Chinese market. #China #Kazakhstan #Trade qazinform.com/news/9-kazakhs…

A memorandum has been signed to formalise twin-city relations between Uzbekistan’s Ferghana and China’s Kashgar, paving the way for cooperation in industry, agriculture and tourism, the Fergana regional administration announced. #China #Uzbekistan #Trade uz.kursiv.media/en/2025-08-21/…

1/5 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Are you an Early Career Researcher attending #EISAPEC25? Don't miss the EISA ECD #SpecialSessions!💯 💥We’ve put together a dynamic program designed especially for ECRs. Check out this thread 🧵 to see what's happening ⬇️. We look forward to meeting you!

Uzbekistan: Central Bank warns of labor market pressure from population growth kun.uz/en/42371585

📢 New publication! Thrilled to share my first article from my PhD, published in Globalizations 🌏 "Decentring narratives of (de)globalization and crisis: Uzbekistan’s ‘everyday’ political economy amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine" (open access) 🇺🇿🇷🇺 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

I'm happy to share my latest article at The China-Global South Project. The analysis focuses on the surge in Chinese investment in #Kazakhstan and its main driver. #China #BRI #Metals chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/china…