Microsoft recently unveiled their answer to Google Books, but because of copyright issues, most of the books available are extremely old.
When searching for books on Central Asia, I came across a book titled The Mohammedan …

Sean Roberts over at the Roberts Report posted his recent thought-provoking speech on clan politics in Central Asia. It seems that Roberts disagrees most with the a) the use of the term “clan,” b) …

I happened upon a strange article about a notebook that is being spread about Uzbekistan.

There was a smiling picture of another country’s president on the cover of the notebook. The notebook also contained copies of …

Carleton College Professor Adeeb Khalid presented a his research on November 15th titled “Understanding Soviet Islam: Religion, Nationality and Citizenship in Soviet Central Asia” at George Mason University. His lecture was based on extensive …

The New York Times carried an article today describing the resurgence of polygamy in Tajikistan. According to the article:

But then came the breakup of the Soviet Union and Tajikistan’s civil war, which claimed as …

As Ben cogently illustrated in his series on the national delimitation in Central Asia (in five parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), the establishment of national borders in the region was hardly the arbitrary and …

I saw “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” this weekend. My review is simple: Borat delivers. There isn’t really much more to say. If you have …

I know what you were thinking: “It’s about time for another post about Craig Murray, because we haven’t had enough of those.â€? Well you are in luck, because I just read his new book, Murder …

At least a few members of the United States Congress have their eyes on the impending presidential elections in Tajikistan. Today (October 26), the offices of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Rep. Christopher H. …

Our poll is still open as of yet (English, на русском), but we will close it on the same day as the actual elections – November 6th. At the time of this posting the …