While the internet shutdown in Kazakhstan paralyzed all communication with and within the country for several days in early January, it is not the only place...
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Central Asia’s geostrategic significance is increasing. This week I visited the region and participated in two important meetings in Samarkand: the EU-Central...
The Syrian Rights Monitor reported on October 23 that an airstrike near Damascus destroyed an Iranian-backed drone manufacturing and weapons storage site...
For centuries, connections between Europe and Central Asia have played a profoundly important role in shaping our societies. This was true long before trade...
Kazakhstan is again looking to the potential of a Trans-Caspian pipeline, but do plans to diversify oil export routes just hitch the Kazakh economy further to...
On April 17, during the first session of the Tajik Parliament following the March 1 elections, Rustam Emomali — the son of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon...
The Big Story: Referendums at Gunpoint in Ukraine, Recruitment Centers on Fire in Russia What happened: Demonstrations and resistance amid...
A Tajik activist from the Central Asian nation’s restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has reportedly been arrested in Moscow and may be extradited to...
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is due to visit the GBAO in early September, though no official announcement has been made. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will...
With the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a stalemate, Russian President Putin met with Kazakhstan President Tokayev in the resort city of Sochi by the Black Sea on...