Despite many critiques, I believe that the “+5” formats are beneficial for CA, in strengthening regional cooperation. Indeed, significant steps in CA–EU cooperation bring both hopes and doubts. CRMs are a central topic everywhere, and there is still much to research, engage with, and be aware of.

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The Samarkand Declaration solidifies a new strategic partnership between Central Asia and the European Union, strengthening trade, green energy, and regional cooperation timesca.com/samarkand-de... #SamarkandDeclaration #CentralAsia #TradePartnership #GreenEnergy #EuropeanUnion #EU

I look at Germany with what I know from authoritarian states: post-socialist Kyrgyzstan & post-colonial Myanmar. My colleague @sarahkendzior.bsky.social studied Uzbekistan first, then the US. Anthropologists know because we study humanity cross-culturally and with the history in! It can happen here!

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas toured Central Asia to bolster ties ahead of the historic EU-Central Asia Summit, focusing on energy, trade, and climate cooperation timesca.com/eus-kallas-t... #EU #CentralAsia #KajaKallas #EnergyCooperation #TradeRelations #CentralAsiaSummit

I interviewed Skobov for my hippie book, since he was the anarchist part of a hippie commune in Leningrad in late 70s. He was very sharp and very brave. He should have been a Russian Bernie Saunders. Instead he has the honour to have been imprisoned by all Russian regimes of his life time.

Wrote for @cepa.org on the White House's huge mistake in suspending aid to Ukraine: "[It] reinforces the rapidly emerging view that the US is an unreliable security partner and encourages even reluctant states to start to think of a world without it." cepa.org/article/the-...

"So bold are Putin’s ceasefire demands, it’s hard to believe he is entirely serious" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

In our book, @oxanashevel.bsky.social and I argue there should be no normalization w russia but containment until russians depose the Putin regime, return the occupied Ukr territories, pay reparations, turn over war criminals for prosecution, pursue democratization and deimperialization.

Our @joelucbarnes.bsky.social looks at how Uzbekistan’s auto market is transforming as Chinese electric vehicles challenge Chevrolet’s long-standing dominance timesca.com/chevrolet-vs... #Uzbekistan #ElectricVehicles #ChineseCars #Chevrolet #AutomotiveIndustry #CarMarket

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"The United States looks forward to working with Kazakhstan to deepen economic ties in the energy, telecommunications, and critical minerals sectors." From Secretary Rubio’s call with Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Nurtleu: www.state.gov/secretary-ru...

At least 20 Ukrainian civilians have been killed just this night by Russian missiles and drones. Hundreds of soldiers were killed on the frontline in recent days. These are the first results of the US suspension of military aid and intelligence to Ukraine: more deaths time.com/7265679/sate...

Ooo, tämä olisi mainiota saada nähtäväksi myös Suomeen!

What a great and intellectual keynote on radical politics against authoritarian and semi-authoritarian social contracts in the Central Asian context by @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social at @helsinki.fi’s Populism conference organised by @emiliapalonen.bsky.social’s team.

Our article on current geopoliticization of Critical Raw Materials & how it concerns Central Asia. Together with @kangasanni.bsky.social & @kristiinasilvan.bsky.social !

Mineraalidiili puhuttaa. Kirjoitimme @kristiinasilvan.bsky.social’n ja @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social’n kanssa uuteen tutkimukseemme perustuen kriittisten raaka-aineiden geopolitisoitumisesta erityisesti Keski-Aasiassa. politiikasta.fi/kriittiset-r...

Kilpailusta taloudellisesti merkittävistä raaka-aineista on muodostumassa suurvaltojen kamppailu nollasummapelin hengessä. Grönlannin ja Ukrainan ohella myös Keski-Aasiasta löytyy merkittävä osuus maailman kriittisten raaka-aineiden varannoista. #tiedetaivas #politiikasta

Quick 🧵 on yesterday's Ukraine summit (1/3): Key takeaways: - France & UK working on plan for one-month truce for sea, air, infrastructure - only after signature of deal: potential European coalition of the willing (=troops) for peacekeeping - higher defence spending www.ft.com/content/603b...

Vance can barely ski, looks like maybe his third day on skis, he’s out there causing wipeouts. He doesn’t even seem to be with his family. What is he doing alone on a mountain in Vermont having people yell at him? What did he think was going to happen? www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

Even knowing Trump was a Russian asset (despite many American leftists’ smug screeching about Russiagate being „cringe”), gotta say I didn’t expect this level of complete vassalization to happen within a month.

“What we’re witnessing is the self-sabotage of the United States.” @davidfrum.bsky.social on Trump and Vance’s detestable antics in the Oval Office. @theatlantic.com

As part of my effort at strategic autonomy from the US, just switched from Chrome to Norway-based Vivaldi based on this skeet. Works fine

"Sinä ja minä olemme kasvaneet kiinni kapitalismin ja sosialismin liberaaleihin ideoihin, joiden vallitessa luultiin järjen ratkaisevan. Ja sen tähden on niin vaikea käsittää nykyistä maailmanmenoa." (Paasikivi Tannerille 5.8.1939)

Myrskyisä päivä YK:n yleiskokouksessa. Ukrainan ja useimpien Euroopan maiden (myös Suomi) päätöslauselmaehdotus liittyen Ukrainan sotaan hyväksyttiin. Venäjä äänesti tietysti vastaan. Mutta tällä kertaa Venäjän seurana vastaan äänesti myös Yhdysvallat. 1/

Top 5 lessons from the past 3yrs: 1) Ru isn’t a great power and Ukraine can prevail with proper support 2) Putin won’t escalate to ☢️ even if Ru territory is attacked 3) Ukrainian neutrality isn’t a solution because Ru doesn’t fear NATO 4) Ru society won’t stop the war 5) Ukraine's state is strong

Okay, thank you, mister president. 💪

All conversations ended in 2008. NATO membership for Ukraine was never on the table and the Russians knew it. In winter 2022, Putin repeatedly ignored attempts by the west to reassure him Ukr isn’t getting in. Mearsheimer’s name will live in infamy for eternity for coming up w this bs.

Tajikistan remains the most remittance dependent country in the world. Kyrgyzstan’s dependency has gradually lessened, but still high

Victoire historique : La loi pour taxer les milliardaires a été adoptée par l’Assemblée Nationale après d’intenses débats. C’est un pas de géant pour la France et cela pourrait inspirer d’autres pays. Une immense avancée !

U.S. deported 200 migrants from Central Asia and India to Costa Rica timesca.com/central-asia... #HumanRights #MigrationIssues #Deportation #CentralAsia #CostaRica #US #India

You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language. —Joseph Brodsky

‘Looking back at the 1930s, we used to wonder how it seemed that everybody could see war coming but do nothing to stop it. Now we understand, as we see the same mistakes repeated one after another.’ @keirgiles.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f268...

Tein jutun siitä, voisiko Yhdysvallat luisua Trumpin johdolla fasismiin. Keskustelin amerikkalaisten tutkijoiden kanssa: Heidän näkymänsä olivat synkkiä. Mutta on myös toivoa. Esimerkiksi siksi, että toisin kuin 30-luvun ihmiset, me tunnemme historiamme ja voimme tapella vastaan.

Walter Benjamin: "Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves...The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life."

”I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tämä myös: ”Tieteellinen kirjoittaminen on luovaa toimintaa. Haluaisin viedä vertaisarviointia suuntaan, että luovaa kirjoittamista osattaisiin arvostaa. Leikillä on sijansa tieteen tekemisessä, kun keksitään jotakin uutta, kokeillaan, yritetään, erehdytään ja sitten lähdetään toiseen suuntaan.”

As Peter Leonard just tweeted, apparently the White House spokeswoman just mentioned Internews and their funding to fight disinformation in Kazakhstan as an example of “waste” Just so vile: independent media is already barely surviving in Central Asia

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup." nymag.com/intelligence...

What keeps the treadmill of Central Asian labour migration turning? Anonymous Artist and I attempt to answer this question in an article that was just published. doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...

Aiheellista luettavaa. Tutkimus on aina aikansa tuote ja siksi kriittinen itsereflektio on oleellinen osa tiedettä. Ps. Kummallista tosiaan, että @helsinkiuni.bsky.social ei ole muuttanut Aleksanteri-instituutin nimeä.

Human Rights Watch Calls Out 'Worsening' Situation In Central Asia www.rferl.org/a/majlis-pod...

The Central Asia group of the Finnish International Studies Association organized a session at the FISA biannual convention in Imatra.

Meidän ihan paras Keski-Aasia-työryhmä Kansainvälisten suhteiden seuran konferenssissa Imatran valtionhotellissa.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

🔥 New forum: "Decentring Agency in World Politics: Writing for Reflexivity as a Collective Experiment" @journalpariss.bsky.social We explore writing practices that foster reflexivity within readers. We focus on one reflexive process: decentring & one problem: the denial of non-Western agency 🤓

Something fitting about all of this being relegated to being indoors. It feels so claustrophobic and also like a funeral

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