Post-Soviet Tajikistan on the Path from Colony to Nation
Author: Sharofiddin Gadoev,President of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy in Central Asia
2 December 2025
Introduction
In the more than thirty years since the collapse...
Central Asia and the Caucasus: between the Center of Eurasia and the Periphery of Russia
Author: Maksim Baidak
Vice President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy in Central Asia
Vilnius, 19 November 2025
Formula 5+3+
Central Asia and the Caucasus represent two geographically,...
Dynamics of De-Democratization and Prospects for Democratizationof the Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries:
Expanded text of the report by Maksim Baidak, Vice President
The Foundation for Defence of Democracy in Central Asia (FDDCA)
during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference...
Russia’s Enduring Influence in Central Asia and the Challenges of EU Engagement: A Strategic Outlook
Author: Sébastien PeyrouseResearch Professor of International Affairs at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington...
VILNIUS DECLARATION following the international conference“Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine and Expansion into Central Asia: Challenges forthe Caucasus, the Baltic States, and the European...
We, the participants of the international conference held on May 13, 2025, in Vilnius under the auspices of the Foundation for the Defense of...
The Long Arms of Dushanbe: Transnational Repression by the Tajik Regime a Decade After the Assassination of Umarali Kuvvatov
Author of the Report: Jamshed Yorov, Senior Lawyer at FDDCA
March 5, 2025, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Introduction
“I am not afraid because the truth is on my side.”
The...
