Tajikistan’s Mega Hydropower Project on the Brink of Financial Turmoil
Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiraling, and to...
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Tajikistan’s Troubled Water
Dubai (27/2) Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiralling,...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Resigns
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh resigned on February 26 in anticipation of postwar governance challenges. “I see that...
German army chief wants more money for equipment.
Berlin (2/3 – 62.50). Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais says the €100 billion committed by the government last year is insufficient....
Ukraine Sees Risk of Russia Breaking Through Defences by Summer
Berlin (29/2 – 30) Ukrainian officials are concerned that Russian advances could gain significant momentum by the summer unless their...
Social media posts by Tajik president’s grandson unsettle ruling circles as leadership succession looms
Dushanbe 25/2 (35.71). The social networking activity of "influencer" Ismoil Mahmadzoir is causing a stir within the country's political and...
Iran, Tajikistan Enhance Ties With New Parliamentary Cooperation Agreement
The parliaments of Iran and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to expand cooperation between the two...
Can Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan Consign Their Deadly Border Conflicts To The Past?
On the first anniversary of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s deadliest border war, marked in September, irascible Kyrgyz national-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev...
Power and betrayal
In the whirlwind of Sri Lankan politics, last week’s visit by Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) to India carved a narrative...
Isaac McKean Scarborough on Moscow’s Heavy Shadow in Tajikistan
The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid...
