Selected Publications
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
The radioactive flood threatening Central Asia's breadbasket
What it's like to live with nuclear waste on your doorstep
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Home cooking and power cuts: life in a Russian draft-dodgers' house-share
Four men fled to Kyrgyzstan to escape the draft. Do they see a future there?
Eurasianet
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Foreign Policy
Kyrgyzstan: As Russia's appeal fades for laborers, British farms call
Labor shortages caused by Brexit have led to a surge in worker quotas for Kyrgyz laborers
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Central Asia Faces a Russian Migrant Crisis
For more than two decades, Central Asian labor migrants have traveled to Russia for work. Now, with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a compulsory military draft, hundreds of thousands of Russians are heading in the opposite direction
SO FOOT
Foreign Policy
EastEast
Le match que vous n'avez pas regardé : Kirghizistan-Russie
Privée de football depuis le début de la guerre et son expulsion des compétitions internationales, la sélection russe a signé son retour ce samedi avec une victoire contre le Kirghizistan à Bichkek. Un grand moment, et même un moment d'histoire.
EastEast
Foreign Policy
EastEast
The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Imitation and Creativity in Turkmen Wedding Music
Yan Matusevich, through in depth research and a meticulous scouring of Youtube rabbit holes, provides some insight into the world of Turkmenistan’s popular music scene.
Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats
Raving in Azerbaijan: How Tbilisi's Club Culture Inspired A New Techno Scene in Baku
Baku's iN nightclub was started by a group of Azeri techno heads who cut their teeth raving in the Georgian capital.
Eurasianet
Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats
From Samarkand to Seoul: Central Asian migrants in South Korea
"Here I feel safe and protected, people treat me with respect."
Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats
Dancing to Revive A Dead Sea: A Review of Uzbekistan's First Electronic Music Festival
After more than two decades of isolation and authoritarian rule, Uzbekistan hosts its first ever electronic music festival on the shores of the Aral Sea
The Diplomat
The Diplomat
Electronic Beats
Tajik Asylum Seekers Struggle for a Sense of Security
In Poland, asylum seekers from Tajikistan wrestle with insecurity and uncertainty.