Tim Marshall analyses the limits of Vladimir Putin's global ambitions from an extract of Prisoners of Geography ...

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It was tragically appropriate that the second anniversary of Sudan’s devastating civil war was marked by yet another massacre ...

The Ferghana Valley has been the most restive area in Central Asia since the five Central Asian states became independent ...

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The country’s population has been shrinking for three consecutive years, driven mostly by a plunge in the nation’s birth rate. If current trends continue, the population could fall from more ...

The government of Kyrgyzstan has partnered with a UK-based developer to launch a large-scale tree-planting initiative under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, to be funded through revenue generated ...

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Women in Kyrgyzstan are banned from wearing niqabs as the country claims they could be “attackers in disguise”. The Muslim ...

Gary and Christie Foulks started the adoption process in April of 2023 they instantly fell in love with their daughter Nora and almost two years later found themselves on a plane to Kyrgyzstan ...

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