China invests in Tajik security;

Azerbaijan's oil riches go sour;

Uzbekistan's new diplomacy;

The CSTP eyes Syria;

Religion on the rise in Kazakhstan

Mixed demography in the post-Soviet space;

A Turkish-Azeri entente?;

Central Asia's surveillance states;

Russia's new Silk Road;

Jerusalem, Astana tighten ties

Iran stumbles in SCO bid;

Turkmenistan takes sides;

Pushing back against Kyrgyzstan's new media law;

Georgia in the balance  

Tajikistan flexes its military muscle...;

...and steps up religious oversight;

Wargaming the fight against the Islamic State;

Fear and loathing in Astana

Corruption: Scourge of Central Asia;

A shrinking Russian footprint in Tajikistan;

Kazakhstan, speaking plainly Kyrgyzstan tightens control over Islamic education