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Giant Steppes

Insights and stories from Uzbekistan and Central Asia

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Ramadan

Along for the ride in Islam's most holy month.

Navro'z Kupkari

The "dead goat polo" game

Kazakhstan: Addendum

Responding to questions about US Media coverage, proxy jostling, and how Uzbekistan fits into things.

Kazakhstan

There's a lot going on. I'm not an expert, but hopefully I can add some context.

Baby Steppes

This was my mom's idea

I'm still alive

I do have COVID, though...

Prisoner of War

A surprising piece of history in the Andijan region

Car Talk

Geopolitics and Uzbek car culture

WHINING AND COMPLAINING

It’s been a rough week and a half.

Welcome to the middle of the world

Before anything else, I figured I should write a post here introducing Uzbekistan and saying something about where I’ll be, how I ended up here, and what I’ll be doing both in Uzbekistan and on this substack.