First and foremost, the United States can deepen its engagement with Central Asia through high-level political dialogue. In an era marked by global uncertainty, the countries of the region ...

Central Asia navigates complex relations among major ... This geopolitical tug-of-war can lead to economic dependencies and political alignments that might not always serve the best interests ...

ASTANA – Leora Shekufeh Eisenberg, a doctoral student at Harvard and a historian with a degree from Princeton University, has ...

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boun ...

Political and economic cooperation in Central Asia intensified in 2024, especially in transport, trade and agriculture. The Asian Development Bank’s September 2024 Asian Development Outlook forecast ...

More broadly, the incoming US administration is sending signals that a Biden administration initiative to improve political and trade ties with Central Asia will continue. Repeal expectations in ...

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow (Eurasia), Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

Now is the time to question the future of Türkiye-US relations, China-US relations, and Russia-US relations, and to put in th ...

Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked ... or extended family members. Political alliances and influential ...

In Central Asia, where five former Soviet republics ... say it could level the political playing field in the country. "The dismantling of USAID clears the path for the rise of genuine leaders ...

For the full year, the economy grew by 2 percent, the central ... political chaos which experts say has affected consumer confidence and domestic demand. The two-percent expansion for Asia ...

SEOUL :South Korea's economy barely grew in the fourth quarter of 2024, as the country's worst political ... the central bank less than a week before Yoon's Dec. 3 martial law edict. Asia's ...