The Peace and Security Monitor: Central Asia
Issue 14: December 2025
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- When the Screens Go Dark: How the Taliban’s Internet Shutdown Affected Afghanistan’s Women and Girls
- Taliban’s Engagement in Central Asia: A Push-Pull Strategy
- From Criticism to Pragmatism: Central Asian States and Taliban Recognition as of Q4 2025
- Central Asia on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Between Solidarity and Strategy
- UN Reform in Focus: Central Asian Contributions to the 80th General Assembly Debates
- Central Asia’s Collective Diplomacy at UNGA-80
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Issue 12: July 2025
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Issue 11: March 2025
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Kazakhstan at a Crossroads: Following Russia on NGO Control or Fostering a Strong Civil Society?
Feeding the Future: The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Central Asia
The Caspian Sea Crisis: Climate Change and Its Human and Environmental Consequences
- The Case of Nurgeldi Halykov: A 2025 Review of Freedom of Expression in Turkmenistan
Domestic Violence in Central Asia: A Global Issue with Regional Specificities
The Impact of Recent USAID Changes on Kazakhstan
Issue 10: December 2024
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Afghanistan’s invitation to COP29 and the need for urgent climate action and cooperation
Nuclear power in Kazakhstan: A solution or a problem?
2024 mass media law in Kazakhstan: The issues of press freedom and information access
BRICS and Central Asia: The responsibility to protect amid Russia’s aggression
Navigating security issues: Kyrgyzstan’s struggle with economic vulnerabilities and global tensions
Issue 9: September 2024
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- The New Anti-Human Trafficking Law in Kazakhstan
- LGBTQ Rights in Central Asia: Legal Barriers, Social Challenges, and Activism
- Forced Labour in Turkmenistan’s Cotton Industry
- The Right to Adequate Housing in Uzbekistan
- Balancing Security and Obligations: Plight of Afghan Refugees in Central Asia’s Legal Landscape
Issue 8: June 2024
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- Breaking the Cycle: Liberating Child Soldiers in Afghanistan
- Central Asian Labour Migration: Issues, Opportunities, and the Imperative of Government Action
- Addressing Domestic Violence in Kazakhstan: Challenges, Progress, and the Path Forward
- Exploring Cultural Factors and Legal Gaps Contributing to Femicide in Kyrgyzstan: A Comprehensive Analysis
- Evolving Russia-Uzbekistan Relations Amidst Uzbek Labour Migrants Challenges
- Tajikistan’s Fight Against Terrorism as a Justification for National and Transnational Repression
Issue 7: March 2024
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- The consequences of the Taliban’s opium poppy ban in Afghanistan
- Navigating water security in Central Asia
- A high-level problem: Corruption in Tajikistan
- Central Asia – Türkiye relations: Politics, security culture and economics
- Resolved? Border tensions between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Issue 6: December 2023
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- Balancing relations: An analysis of the Central Asia-United States Leaders’ Summit
- An analysis of the 5th Heads of State Consultative Meeting in Dushanbe
- The October earthquakes in western Afghanistan and the humanitarian response
- Examining islamophobia in Central Asia: An international legal perspective
- Central Asia and the Belt and Road Initiative
- Press freedom violations in Kyrgyzstan: An analysis of recent events
- The expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran
Issue 5: September 2023
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- Under pressure: The struggle for press freedom in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan
- Women, peace and security in Central Asia
- GCC-Central Asia cooperation: A window of opportunity
- Jaña Cekara: Kazakhstanis explore the ‘New Frontier’ of East Turkestan
- Advancing women’s rights in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
- Central Asia-Iran Relations: Economic, Security and Geopolitical Dynamics
Issue 4: June 2023
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- Central Asia and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Kazakhstan’s 2023 elections: Towards a ‘new Kazakhstan’?
- Fleeing mobilisation: The impact of Russian migration on Kazakhstan
- Central Asia-China relations: Xian Summit overview
- The Central Asian response to sanctions on the Russian Federation
- The Qosh Tepa Canal, Afghanistan and Central Asia
- Monitoring the OSCE in Central Asia: Challenges during the first half of 2023
Issue 3: March 2023
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- Balancing act: Central Asia’s difficult choice between economic opportunity and human rights
- Tracking Russian-Central Asian diplomacy Q1 2023
- Climate change in Central Asia: The impacts on development, diplomacy and future prospects
- Energy shortages in Uzbekistan: The political, economic and social effects
- Domestic violence in Tajikistan
- Protections for people with disability in Central Asia
Issue 2: December 2022
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- Unwanted: Central Asia’s Treatment of Afghan Refugees Threatens its Relationship with the International Community
- Conflict or Cooperation? Navigating Climate Security in Central Asia
- International Responses to the Crises in Badakhshan and Karakalpakstan: Possibilities for Engagement in 2023
- Talibanization Fears for Gorno-Badakhshan as Tajikistan’s Crackdown on Locals Cement Distrust
- The Gradual Violation of Women’s Rights in Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Water Deal: Reporting the Details
- The Kyrgyz-Uzbek Inter-State Water Reservoir Management: The Kyrgyz Perspective
- Tajik Fighters in Ukraine: Mercenaries or Victims?
- Türkiye’s Foreign Policy in Central Asia in Q4 2022
Issue 1: September 2022
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The Foreign Policy of the Taliban: The Quest for Recognition and the Reshaping of Afghanistan’s Relationship with Central Asia
Q1-Q3 in Uzbekistan
- Q1-Q3 in Tajikistan
- Q1-Q3 in Kazakhstan
- Q1-Q3 in Kyrgyzstan
Trapped in Russia: How Putin’s ‘Partial Military Mobilization’ Order Might Affect Kyrgyz People in Russian Federation Territory