Tajik labour migrants looking for greener pastures
Tajik labour migration to Russia is well-known. Less familiar is the still small, though increasing, number of labour migrants going...
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A Chat in the Yurt, discussing Central Asia and Europe – Episode II Kazakhstan focus
A Chat in the Yurt, discussing Central Asia and Europe - Episode II In this second episode we welcome from Kazakhstan...
A Chat in the Yurt – Episode I Modern Central Asia
A Chat in the Yurt, discussing Central Asia and EuropeIn this first episode we welcome Irna Hofman, the Netherlands; and EUCAM...
EU-Central Asia co-operation: same venue, different tune
As a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the focus of Europe-Central Asia relations is likely to change. In weathering these...
Rethinking the EU’s ‘prosperity’ agenda in Central Asia
The EU wants to lay the ground for a more prosperous Central Asia. One potential emerging path for the EU in...
The EU’s ‘resilience’ agenda in Central Asia: too distant, too ambitious
The EU seeks to promote ‘resilience’ in Central Asia. The war in Ukraine should urge the EU to rethink its region-based...
Seven pointers for the new EUSR for Central Asia
The position of European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia is key for EU-Central Asia relations. The EU’s visibility...
Delivering aid ‘uphill’: Discussing development cooperation in the mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
The mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan present a set of specific development challenges and opportunities to inhabitants, local governments,...