Local patronage networks that provide economic and social resources for cities and villages are found across Central Asia.

Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing ...

It was just after midnight when a phone call from an unknown number woke Dorine Núñez Ávila.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Trump posted ...