Central Asia’s view of the war in Ukraine
16 March 2022
On air & in person
Interviews, podcasts & speeches
BBC World Service
Kazakhstan’s January unrest
17 January 2022
Silk Way Qazaqstan TV
Interview with Stephen M. Bland
Podcasts
Spotlight on Central Asia
Martial Moves, Peculiar Procurement, and the Sixth Nomad Games
13 September 2026
Discussing the World Nomad Games with Bruce Pannier and Michael Hilliard, alongside Jonathan Campion and K. Krombie.
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Iran, Air Strikes and Central Asia’s Strategic Dilemma
8 March 2026
A guest appearance with Bruce Pannier and Michael Hilliard discussing the war in Iran and its implications for Central Asia.
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Outsourcing Emissions: China's Oil and Gas Ventures in Central Asia
24/02/2022
China’s energy investments and their environmental impact in Central Asia.
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Crypto's Carbon Costs: Eurasia Feels the Heat
09/02/2022
Cryptocurrency mining and the strain on Central Asia’s power supplies.
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My speech from June 2021 at TEDx Lambeth: ‘LGBT+ Rights in Post-Soviet Nations: From the “Sexual Revolution” to Persecution’ is now available to watch on the TED website.
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Speaking at a conference at the Press Club in Brussels in May 2019 about the influence of "fake" Human Rights NGO, the Warsaw/Brussels-based Open Dialog Foundation, and their relationship with "the world's richest fraudster" Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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An interview broadcast on TVR, Moldovan National television in which I discuss post-Soviet space, freelance journalism and my book on Central Asia.
Podcast of a radio interview with Alan Cox, October 2018, spanning all things from inter-ethnic conflict in the Caucasus to dirty money in the U.K., Trump's connections to oligarchs and comedy moments at some of the world's most difficult borders to cross
LISTEN HEREShort interview with Sohail Ahmad Loun,October 2018, discussing my book on Central Asia, cross-cultural cooperation and some of the books from the region I've worked on as an editor.
Radio interview with Paul Obertelli on THA Talks, September 2018, speaking about kleptocracy in the U.K., dirty money from Russia and the CIS and how this all links back to Donald Trump.
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