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Tag: Central Asia

Nowruz in Karakalpakstan Brings Out the Best of a Multi-Ethnic Non-Nation
Culture

Nowruz in Karakalpakstan Brings Out the Best of a Multi-Ethnic Non-Nation

April 21, 2025

A month ago today, I was fortunate enough to accidentally have my travel plans coincide with the biggest festival…

The Aral Sea Disaster Has Started What Could Be the Greatest Migration Crisis of Modern Times
Environment

The Aral Sea Disaster Has Started What Could Be the Greatest Migration Crisis of Modern Times

April 7, 2025

This is Part 2 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…

The Famous Aral Sea Disaster Is Only at Half Time
Environment

The Famous Aral Sea Disaster Is Only at Half Time

March 26, 2025April 7, 2025

This is Part 1 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…

Karakalpaks and Being the Winner of Geopolitical Musical Chairs
Travel Dispatches

Karakalpaks and Being the Winner of Geopolitical Musical Chairs

March 25, 2025

The men who built the pyramids: a culture that had survived for 3,000 years—they’re all gone. ‘Egyptians’ today are…

Life Is Full of Surprises in Karakalpakstan, Central Asia’s “Sixth Stan”
Travel

Life Is Full of Surprises in Karakalpakstan, Central Asia’s “Sixth Stan”

March 20, 2025

Karakalpakstan is a mouthful to say, one which has to be said a bit slowly so your friends don’t…

Silk Road Romance and How a Great History Was Lost to a Warlord
Travel Dispatches

Silk Road Romance and How a Great History Was Lost to a Warlord

March 18, 2025

Among the most romantic notions perhaps ever produced by the human race has to be the experiment in distributed…

Trade on the Medieval Silk Road Was so Rich, it Sustained High Mountain Cities, New Discovery Finds
Human Sciences

Trade on the Medieval Silk Road Was so Rich, it Sustained High Mountain Cities, New Discovery Finds

October 25, 2024November 12, 2024

A pair of lost cities in the highlands of Uzbekistan recently found by archaeologists using lidar demonstrate that the…

Priced at a Song, IUCN Projects Make Big Gains in Conservation of Goitered Gazelles
ArchivesConservation

Priced at a Song, IUCN Projects Make Big Gains in Conservation of Goitered Gazelles

April 25, 2023June 29, 2023

In a recently-compiled report for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization…

War

“End” of Afghan War Doesn’t Mean Generals Don’t Want to Remain Engaged

May 12, 2021

AFGHANISTAN, May 11th, 2021. CENTCOM reports that between 6%-12% of the total military withdrawal in terms of equipment and…

Uzbekistan Continues to Create Protected Areas Putting it on Track to Reach 2030 Conservation Goals
Policy

Uzbekistan Continues to Create Protected Areas Putting it on Track to Reach 2030 Conservation Goals

August 7, 2020

The Government of Uzbekistan has committed to increase the total protected-areas coverage to 17% of its territory by 2025,…

On Feb. 10th, the New USAID Budget Got $2 Billion to Try and Eradicate Tuberculosis in Central Asia
World News

On Feb. 10th, the New USAID Budget Got $2 Billion to Try and Eradicate Tuberculosis in Central Asia

March 27, 2020

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan. March 14, 2020, PICTURED: USAID received its personal protective equipment (PPE) shipment in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, as part…

Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites
ArchivesDiscovery & Travel

Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites

February 5, 2020September 25, 2023

A group of spectacular mountain and desert landscapes were targeted, assessed, and recommended by the International Union for the…

Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan
Conservation

Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan

November 27, 2019

PICTURED: A Bukhara deer stag (cervus elaphus bactrianus) at the Cologne Zoo. Photo credit Sarefo. CC 2.0. Kazakhstan, September…


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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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Houthis Shoot Down $210 Million in Drones, US Kill 80 in Strike on Civilians in Hodeidah

Andy Corbley April 25, 2025

Seven of the United States’ premier long-range offensive drones have been shot down by Houthi counterfire in the skies…

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