As Kazakhstan launches its autumn conscription campaign, many young men are going to great lengths to avoid military service. In Astana, accounts of forced ...

As tourism, infrastructure projects and interest in mineral resources reshape Gilgit-Baltistan, questions over land ownership, political representation and the distribution of economic benefits are ...

The Indomitable Spirit of Childhood: white dominates the daily lives of Ashgabat’s residents as a symbol of purity, grandeur and stability. Yet it yields to the colourful world of children.

Residential blocks line the streets of the town of Daşoguz, 455 km north of Ashgabat. Outside the Turkmen capital, the abundance of gold and marble is less ubiquitous. The architecture, however, ...

In Almaty, Kazakhstan, stands this monument dedicated to two heroines of the Soviet Union, Aliya Moldagulova and Manchouk Mametova. These two female fighters ...

Presented as a future major technological and economic hub, the city of Alatau in Kazakhstan is entering a new phase of institutional structuring after obtaining ...

As trade routes between Europe and Asia undergo profound changes, the Middle Corridor is attracting growing attention as an alternative to transit through Russia. Yet infrastructure bottlenecks, ...