June 27th, 2007
At Registan.net, Joshua Foust examines how Central Asia might be impacted by China's soft power.
Uzbekistan's president has been making numerous trips to various regions of Uzbekistan in what Jamiyat of neweurasia calls the launch of a re-election campaign.
June 26th, 2007
James reports on the continued reforms being implemented by Tajikistan's President Rahmon. The president argues that his cultural reforms are designed to cut back on excessive spending by impoverished citizens, while others say they are invasively micromanaging Tajik lives.
Beyond the River says that recent political developments highlight questions that have remained open since the peace agreement in Tajikistan's civil war, the tenth anniversary of which is coming in a few days.
Notes from Hairenik reports on traffic nightmares in Yerevan and a planned two years of construction on major roadways.