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August 27, 2020 | BuzzFeed
Built To Last
A BuzzFeed News investigation based on thousands of satellite images reveals a vast, growing infrastructure for long-term detention and incarceration of Muslim minorities.
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Kazakhstan
May 16, 2018 | The Christian Science Monitor
Tide of Hope Rises in Aral Sea
The Aral Sea, situated in Central Asia between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world.
March 16, 2018 | National Geographic
Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life
Thanks to large-scale restoration efforts, the North Aral Sea has seen a resurgence of fish—a boon to the communities that rely on it.
February 09, 2017 | Roads & Kingdoms
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan: Disorient
Countries on the fuzzy edge between two continents are grappling with what it means to be in Europe or Asia today.
April 30, 2016 | PBS NewsHour
In the Footsteps of the Old Silk Road Traders
Three years ago, journalist Paul Salopek embarked on a decade-long walk around the world, He checks in with the PBS NewsHour to reflect on his journey thus far and what lies ahead.
October 04, 2013 | Belfer Center | Harvard University
Kazakhstan: Lessons from the Plutonium Mountain Mission
Eben Harrell discusses what he learned from his reporting on Plutonium Mountain.
October 01, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Kazakhstan: Properly Addressing the Cold War Legacy
Eben Harrell details the process behind writing about nuclear materials left in Kazakhstan after the Cold War.
September 25, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Kazakhstan: On Plutonium Mountain
What almost happened to the plutonium left behind at the Soviet nuclear weapon test site in Kazakhstan?
August 23, 2013 | PRI's The World
The Race to Secure Kazakhstan’s ‘Plutonium Mountain’
Eben Harrell talks about the race to secure stocks of plutonium abandoned in a former Soviet republic.
August 18, 2013 | Belfer Center | Harvard University
Plutonium Mountain: Inside the 17-Year Mission to Secure a Legacy of Soviet Nuclear Testing
The operation to secure Kazakhstan's Plutonium Mountain is a tale that spans 17 years and several continents, based almost entirely on ad hoc agreements struck by scientists and engineers.
August 17, 2013 | The Washington Post
Kazakhstan: Saving The World at Plutonium Mountain
The mission to secure an abandoned Soviet nuclear testing site and a potential plutonium “mine” has taken 17 years and a remarkable weaving of intelligence, diplomacy and engineering.
July 03, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Keeping Up With the Caspians: Mistrust Fuels Regional Arms Race
The Caspian Sea has been a strategic backwater for most of its history. But recent discoveries of large oil and natural gas reserves have touched off a five-way arms race.
The Return of a Dying Sea
For the fishing villages around the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, fortunes ebb and flow with the water's tide.
The End of Europe
Examining the cultural, historical, and political meanings of Europe by traveling along its geographical border with Asia.
Kazakhstan: Degelen Mountain and a Nuclear Threat Averted
Tunnels in a mountain in Kazakhstan once used to test Soviet nuclear weapons contained enough plutonium for terrorists to construct dozens of atomic bombs.
Militarizing the Caspian
Oil in the Caspian Sea is making Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan rich. But with Iran and Russia on the sea, too, is it fueling a naval arms race as well?
May 23, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Taylor Weidman and Dene-Hern Chen
Journalists Dene-Hern Chen and Taylor Weidman look into the rising sea levels and the returning number of fish in the Aral Sea, providing a better economy for fishermen in Kazakhstan.
March 21, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Joshua Kucera
Joshua Kucera traveled along the conventional border between Europe and Asia, from Istanbul's Bosphorus to the Russian Arctic—reporting on the people who live between East and West.
December 24, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Kazakhstan's Plutonium Mountain: Eben Harrell and David Hoffman Discuss Their Reporting
Will leftover plutonium from the Cold War fall into the hands of terrorists? Journalists David Hoffman and Eben Harrell discuss their reporting in Kazakhstan.
May 16, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Joshua Kucera: Military Build-Up in the Caspian
Grantee Joshua Kucera talks about the new arms race among the five Caspian countries, the unprecedented militarization of this "sea of peace" and what's really behind it.
May 03, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: Walking the World
Paul Salopek on the Old Silk Road.
August 20, 2013 | General news
This Week: Through The Wire
Hezbollah have entered the war in Syria on the side of the regime—yet in neighboring Lebanon, they offer aid to those who flee from their aggression.
March 06, 2018 | Middle School, High School, College
Geographies of the Mind: Mentally Mapping the Silk Road
Students explore an interactive story map of a journalist's journey on foot along the Silk Road to think critically about subjective perceptions of geography and to design their own creative maps.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.