When I quipped that Tajikistan President Rahmon was turning into a “Tajik-bashi” some time ago, citing several rather odd reforms of his, readers responded by detailing some of the logic behind those reforms not covered in the Western mainstream media. I still wasn’t completely convinced, but it was at least a better explanation […]
The other day Vadim reported that President Emomali Rakhmanov voiced his desire to change his last name to “Rakhmon.” Rakhmonov figured that such a move would ingratiate Tajikistan with fellow Persian-speaking countries like Iran and Afghanistan, promote national identity, and distance it from its colonial past.
Name changing is, of course, a personal choice, […]
The World Bank Private Sector Development Blog has a new field blogger: Andrea Dall’Olio. Andrea is an Italian who manages a project to reduce administrative barriers for small and medium enterprises in Tajikistan.
Although there is no real insight in his first post (he is only describing his initial impressions), it may […]
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 many as 100,000 lives in the 1990s, an overwhelming majority of the victims men. Since then, as many as […]
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. Smith (R-NJ) held a briefing to educate members of Congress on the prospect of democracy and long-term development in […]
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 current president – Emomali Rakhmonov – was still had a clear plurality of the vote at 42%, with the […]
Said Abdullo Nuri died from an illness that was most likely cancer, as Younghusband over at ComingAnarchy and Ataman Rakin report. Younghusband asked for the Tajikistan bloggers over here at neweurasia to weigh in on the significance of this development. I will do what I can, but I am more interested to […]
IWPR reports that Tajik authorities are noticing increasing membership of women in the Hizb-ut-Tahrir. Previously, they were only peripherally involved in this Islamist organization, but now authorities are cracking down on them more harshly. Why this increase in membership?
According to the article, Tajik authorities have a contradictory take on the question. […]
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Update
We had a slight technical issue with the poll, and lost all the data. Thanks to Ollie, we are now hosting it on our internal server, so you can vote without fear of this happening […]
Vadim reports on neweurasia’s new Russian-language Tajikistan blog that the European Commission is preparing to wrap up its humanitarian aid program for Tajikistan. The Commission has concluded that with the Tajik Civil War over for nearly a decade now, the situation has improved enough that it is time to head home.
Its final program […]
