Podcasts by Majlis
Each week, host Bruce Pannier welcomes a panel of expert guests to discuss significant political developments and pressing social issues affecting the nations of Central Asia.
Further podcasts by RFE/RL
Podcast on the topic Nachrichten
All episodes
2022: A Raucous Year For Central Asia from 2023-01-01T10:31:06
The Central Asian states have never experienced anything like the year 2022. There were protests that turned deadly in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajiki...
ListenMajlis Podcast: New Revelations In Kyrgyz Corruption Scheme - November 15, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast, RFE/RL's media-relations manager, Muhammad Tahir, moderates a discussion that looks at this latest revelations concerning the alleged corruption network involving the...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Kazkhstan's Opposition And The Upcoming Elections - November 08, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has promised to ease past restrictions and implement reforms, some of which he says will help provide the basis for opposition groups to take a greater part in Kazakh...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Power Grab In Kyrgyzstan - October 25, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, RFE/RL's media-relations manager for South and Central Asia, Muhammad Tahir, moderates a discussion on what's been happening in Kyrgyzstan since Sadyr Japarov was freed from prison durin...
ListenPodcast: What Just Happened In Kyrgyzstan And Where Is It All Headed? - October 18, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Twists and turns continued at lightning speed in Kyrgyzstan after protests against the results of the October 4 parliamentary elections brought down the government. On this week's Majlis podcast, a...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Tajik President Looks To Extend His Rule To 35 Years - October 04, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast, RFE/RL's Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion looking at the Tajik president’s years in power and what can be expected on election day and in...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Rebranding And Gangster Candidates. It’s Kyrgyzstan’s Parliamentary Elections - September 27, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's show, host Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion on Kyrgyzstan’s October 4 parliamentary elections.
ListenMajlis Podcast: What Is The Oxus Society? - September 20, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's show, host Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion about the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, a new Washington-based nonprofit whose website will open a new forum for those inte...
ListenHow Do The Protests In Belarus Resonate In Central Asia? - September 13, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast, the discussion panel looks at the reaction in Central Asia to the ongoing protests in Belarus.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Mirziyoev's Four Years At The Helm - September 06, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis Podcast, a panel discusses on what has and has not changed since Shavkat Mirziyoev became Uzbekistan's leader.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Turkmenistan's COVID Dilemma - August 16, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Authorities in Turkmenistan continue to deny there are any cases of coronavirus in the country. Will a second WHO mission prove them wrong?
ListenMajlis Podcast: Counting The Coronavirus Cases In Central Asia - August 09, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever since the coronavirus appeared in Central Asia, the authorities in countries there have used some questionable systems to count the numbers.
ListenPodcast: The Death Of Azimjan Askarov And The Fates Of Other Political Prisoners In Central Asia - August 02, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis, a discussion not only about rights defender Azimjan Askarov, who died in a prison in Kyrgyzstan on July 25, but the fate of other political prisoners across Central Asia who ...
ListenMajlis Podcast: International Funding And Central Asia's Fight Against COVID-19 - July 19, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Despite hundreds of millions in international aid, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have all seen spikes in cases of the coronavirus in recent weeks.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Media Freedom And The Coronavirus In Tajikistan - July 12, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's podcast, a look at the Tajik government’s latest crackdown on the few independent media outlets left that still report honestly about affairs inside the country.
ListenMajlis Podcast: With Coronavirus, Domestic Violence In Central Asia Has Gotten Much Worse - July 05, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reports of domestic violence in Central Asia were already growing before the outbreak of the coronavirus forced most of the governments there to implement lockdowns. Since then, the problem has onl...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Central Asia Eases Lockdowns And Coronavirus Cases Shoot Up - June 21, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the beginning of June, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan started to ease restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It was not long before all three countries started regi...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Uzbekistan's Spy Games - June 14, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A number of people have been charged with spying in Uzbekistan recently, but there are doubts about the validity of the treason charges against some of them.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Coronavirus Effect On Central Asia’s Relations With China - June 07, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are reasons to believe that when the coronavirus crisis finally passes, China will not be the same partner to the Central Asian states that it has been for the last two decades -- and some of...
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Legacy Of Osh, 10 Years After - May 31, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion that looks at the legacy of the ethnic violence of June 2010 in Osh and other areas of southern Kyrgyzstan.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Kazakh, Kyrgyz Leaders Take Issue With Eurasian Union - May 27, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At a recent videoconference of members of the Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan both voiced dissatisfaction with the workings of the organization. Where does this leave the Russian...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Pandemic Makes Life Even Harder For Central Asia's Disabled - May 17, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The appearance of the coronavirus in Central Asia and the subsequent measures to limit its spread, such as lockdown orders, have complicated nearly everyone’s life, but few have been hit harder tha...
ListenMajlis Podcast: As It Begins To Reopen, Is Central Asia Getting It Right? - May 10, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Even as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan begin easing restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, questions are emerging about just how effective the three countries have...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, And The Coronavirus - May 03, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast, a discussion on how the authorities in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have been handling -- or mishandling -- the coronavirus.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Central Asian Migrant Laborers Who Are Not Going Home - April 19, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's Majlis podcast looks at what life is like for migrant laborers from Central Asia who are currently stuck in Russia due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Coronavirus As A Means To Strengthen Control - April 12, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis, RFE/RL media-relations manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion that looks at whether Central Asian governments are taking advantage of the health crisis to firm up thei...
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Coronavirus In Central Asia - March 29, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast, RFE/RL's Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion on the measures Central Asian governments are -- and are not -- taking as the numbers of those ...
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Challenges Still Faced By Central Asia's Women - March 08, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this week's Majlis podcast), RFE/RL's media-relations manager, Muhammad Tahir, moderates a discussion about the current situation for women in Central Asia, the progress being made, and the chal...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Protests In Kazakhstan And An Activist’s Death In Police Custody - March 01, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For almost a year now there have been peaceful, though often very passionate, demonstrations in major cities in Kazakhstan against government policies and top government figures.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Looking For Clues In Tajikistan’s Parliamentary Elections - February 23, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls on March 1 to cast ballots in parliamentary elections. Some analysts are looking closely to see if there are any clues as to what might happen later this year w...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Bringing Uzbekistan’s Students Home From Neighboring Central Asian States - February 16, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Authorities in Uzbekistan are calling on all the country’s students studying in neighboring Central Asian states to come back and continue their studies at schools in their homeland.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The United States Unveils Its Strategy For Central Asia - February 09, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The United States Strategy for Central Asia 2019-2025 was unveiled at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation on February 5.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Central Asia And The Coronavirus - February 02, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For the governments and people of Central Asia the virus that is spreading through neighboring China is a source of great concern. There are hundreds of Central Asian students at Chinese universiti...
ListenPodcast: What Happens When China’s Kazakhs Flee To Kazakhstan? - January 26, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What has been happening to ethnic Kazakhs from China’s western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region when they illegally cross the border and reach Kazakhstan?
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Blackening Skies Of Central Asia - January 19, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Inhabitants of large smog-laden cities in Central Asia already know how poor the air quality is where they live. How bad is the problem becoming, what is causing it, and what could possibly reverse...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Will Uzbekistan Join The Eurasian Union? - January 12, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What are the signs Uzbekistan might be leaning toward joining the EES? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of joining?
ListenMajlis Podcast: Is There Anything Different About Uzbekistan’s Parliamentary Elections This Time? - December 15, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uzbekistan’s upcoming parliamentary elections are receiving more attention than has been the case for many years.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Backlash Against Art -- And Feminism -- In Kyrgyzstan - December 08, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The art exhibition Feminnale was supposed to provoke thought and reflection, but in Kyrgyzstan it sparked reaction from a nationalist group that led to the dismissal of a museum director and the re...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Kyrgyzstan’s Kings Of Corruption - December 01, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A recently released report by RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Azattyk, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and its Kyrgyz member center Kloop, details an elabora...
ListenMajlis Podcast: The EU's Central Asia Strategy For Future Cooperation - November 17, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The strategy covers cooperation between the EU and Central Asia across a wide number of areas; coping with climate change and development of renewable energy resources, security issues, border cont...
ListenMajlis Podcast: The 'Terrorist' Attack In Tajikistan -- What’s Fact And What’s Fiction - November 10, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A November 6 attack on Tajik servicemen in a rural area of western Tajikistan near the Uzbek border remains a mystery due to the reluctance of the Dushanbe government to provide many details.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Protests And Palace Intrigue In Kazakhstan - November 03, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kazakhstan’s domestic political scene has been significantly more active since first President Nursultan Nazarbaev stepped down from office in March this year and installed Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev as ...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Pressure On The Press In Tajikistan Grows, As Crucial Ruling Looms - October 27, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nine journalists from RFE/RL’s Tajik Service appear to be just days away from losing their accreditation to report. The current dilemma facing Ozodi, one of the last independent sources of news ins...
ListenMajlis Podcast: A Reality Check On Uzbekistan's Cotton fields - October 20, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It is cotton-harvesting time and in fields in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan that means tens of thousands of people are out picking cotton -- whether they like it or not.
ListenMajlis Podcast: The Role Of Women In Central Asian Governments - October 13, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This latest episode of the Majlis podcast was taped at the Central Eurasian Studies Society conference at George Washington University.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Central Asian Authorities' Obsession Over Beards And Hijabs - October 06, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What people wear on their heads in Central Asia is a matter of concern for the governments there. Many women have found themselves in trouble for wearing a hijab, and many men for wearing a beard.
ListenMajlis Podcast: Demonstrations Against Chinese Influence Continue In Kazakhstan - September 29, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Many people at these protests have voiced concerns about China’s growing economic presence in Kazakhstan. But previous demonstrations have also included criticisms of the number of Chinese workers ...
ListenCross-Border Tensions In Central Asia - September 22, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Kyrgyz-Tajik border has been a flashpoint for many years now and despite a series of meetings of delegations of the two countries, and a recent meeting of the presidents in one of the areas whe...
ListenMajlis Podcast: Turkmenistan Singled Out Over Enforced Disappearances - September 15, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For years, rights groups have drawn attention to the dozens of people who have been imprisoned in Turkmenistan and never heard from again.
ListenMajlis Podcast: COVID-19 In Central Asia In 2021 - January 10, 2021 from 2021-01-10T11:49
How did the five countries fare in 2020 and with various vaccines being developed and gradually being made available internationally, how does 2021 look for Central Asia?
Listen