Central Asia - namely Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan - rarely makes headlines of the international press. While over the past few years, the region has undergone signi...
Joanna Lillis
Joanna Lillis is a Kazakhstan-based journalist reporting on Central Asia who has lived and worked in the region since 2001, in Uzbekistan (2001-2005) and Kazakhstan (since 2005). Her work has featured in outlets including The Economist, the Guardian, the Independent, the Eurasianet website and Foreign Policy and POLITICO magazines. She is the author of the book Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (I.B. Tauris, 2018).