Actually, societies should want the state working with tribes and non-state actors who have local legitimacy. This zero-sum thinking is a big part of the problem. A corrupt state wielding coercive authority without local legitimacy can be the most devastating outcome.

One day, Prague will become a #CentralAsia/n/ist spot! (Not referring to aligning summer temperatures)

In any case, all adjustments of external interactions remain under Ashgabat's control and discretion. Furthermore, in the era and neighborhood defined by instability, long-term ostentatious and credible stability-neutrality can sometimes serve as a great selling point.

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Join our team! CPJ is currently #hiring a Regional Director for our Europe and Central Asia program. This remote position (U.K. preferred) provides strategic direction and oversight of all areas of CPJ’s work in the region. 🗓️ Deadline: July 23, 2025 cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/89?sou…

Not Dr. yet, but working on it! Thank you for having me, Tamim Asey, we had a great (greater) #CentralAsia-n talk.

Finishing a book often brings a strong urge to see the story’s setting with my own eyes. So, I’m adding Mosul to the list of cities I hope to roam through one day (God willing). Grozny and Mazar-i Sharif, you’re still on the list, too.

Dear Institute of International Studies, FSV UK/IPS FSV CUNI, we need this!

I had the pleasure and honor of speaking with Bruce Pannier Bruce Pannier —one of the most respected voices on Central Asia—about the region’s Soviet cartographic legacy, water conflicts and geopolitical rebirth. A rich and timely conversation: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/geo…

Lapis Lazuli corridor, Silk Roads… How comes we like these fancy slogans so much? And speaking about fancy slogans - where is my Plov Federation? Or Choy railways? Anyone?

Kazakhstan gets most from BRI, leads in EEU freight transportation, the "western" econ and diplomacy tells a similar story. Region-wise it could be expected; nevertheless, adds another question to what is there "regional" for #CentralAsia and how it will develop in the future.

Hey, #Kyrgyzstan/#Bishkek people, DAAD #CentralAsia hires

By any chance, has anyone already done the math on how much #GlobalGateway funding goes to extraction and rent-based economies in partner states, versus how much supports value-added sectors, education, or healthcare? Asking for a friend, ofc.

Two broadly defined area studies academic #jobs at Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy in a Horizon Europe project: "The ideal candidate will employ comparative methodologies and actively engage in disciplinary debates within area studies on critical current events from a comparative perspective" 1/3

The latest SIGAR report lays bare how the Taliban exploit international humanitarian aid. It should be getting a lot more attention. It is a damning report of the UN and the aid world. It describes diversion to favored groups, extortion of NGO staff, selective licensing of

Nah, Evropu! Jako samozvaný ambassador uzbeckých drah v ČR vám srdečně doporučuju rychlovlak Afrosiyob Taškent-Bukhara (pro výhledy; pro plov a dobrou konverzaci na palubě standardní místňâky).

Simultaneously, it is important for us in Europe to remember: there is so much more in #Kazakhstan to explore, invest in and learn about the country and the people than merely its location in the middle.

Always - the quality depends on the selected criteria. For example, considering the quality of plov offered during academic events, Tashkent State University of Law definitely runs first, at least so far.