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As both Ankara and Ashgabat have cracked down, Turkmen migrants are increasingly looking to Uzbekistan, Belarus and Kazakhstan for economic opportunity. Here, a Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 737 taxis at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on Jan. 9, 2010. (Aktug Ates/Creative Commons)

Turkmen labor migrants turning elsewhere as Turkey is less welcoming

Alexander Thompson May 21, 2025

Uzbekistan and Belarus new, hot destinations.

Azerbaijan: ‘Great Return’ numbers not looking so good

May 16, 2025

Karabakh repatriation lags as lots of money spent on reconstruction.

United States has image problem in Central Asia

May 15, 2025

Public perceptions toward Washington rapidly swing from positive to negative.

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Tajikistan faces uphill climb to wire the country

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Dushanbe has slowest Internet in Eurasia.

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An interview with Jeffrey Trimble.

Uzbekistan: Hub for electric vehicles in Central Asia – report

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China expanding share of global EV market.

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Small and Beautiful marks next phase of Belt & Road Initiative.

Soldiers at the Russian 102nd military base in Gyumri put up a show for visitors. (Photo: gov.ru)

Armenia denying existence of peace treaty provision to close Russian military base

May 20, 2025

Is Azerbaijan making mischief?

Left to right: Georgia Dream (GD) supreme leader Bidzina Ivanishvili; GD Chairman and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze; and GD Secretary General and Tbilisi Mayor Kakhaber Kaladze. (Photo: gd.ge)

Georgian government’s ‘deep state’ bromance with Trump remains unrequited

Irakli Machaidze May 19, 2025

Hopes that Trump’s presidency would favor Georgian Dream fading.

Central Asia

Relations are slowly thawing between Tajikistan and Taliban-led Afghanistan. The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge across the Panj River is seen from the Afghan side in Sherkhan Bandar on Jan. 26, 2012. (BRF Blake/Creative Commons)

Tajik-Taliban relations slowly warm, but both sides hedge their bets

A blowout and subsequent fire at a well in western Kazakhstan caused one of the world’s worst methane leaks ever recorded. (Photo: gov.kz)

Eurasia is a significant source of methane emissions – report

Ambassador Allan Mustard, seen here giving a master class in mapping using OpenStreetMap at the American Center in Ashgabat. (Courtesy photo)

Memoir: Recollecting the benefits of shoe leather diplomacy in Turkmenistan

A man covers his eye while held by the police during a protest dispersal in Tbilisi in December 2024. (Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/oc-media.org, CC BY-NC 4.0)

Georgia: Watchdog groups document systematic government abuses

Mtavari TV’s staff deliver an address to the channel’s audience about its closure. (Screenshot)

Georgia’s most influential opposition broadcaster shutting down

Economic growth rates for both the South Caucasus and Central Asia are expected to dip slightly over the next two years. (Photo: gov.kz)

World Bank predicting economic slowdown for Caucasus & Central Asia

In a head-to-head comparison of perceptions, Central Asian respondents held a significantly more favorable view of China than the United States. (Photo: gov.kg)

United States has image problem in Central Asia

A rally in Tbilisi in late March in support of the MEGOBARI Act. (Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/oc-media.org, n9.cl/a9r3j)

US Congress throws down gauntlet to Georgian Dream

Central Asia’s wealth of critical minerals and rare earths has sparked great-power competition over access. (Photo: gov.kz)

After Samarkand summit, Europe’s quest for Central Asian resources meets reality

CIDCA’s latest project in Kyrgyzstan is part of Beijing’s new approach to foreign aid, switching from grand infrastructure initiatives undertaken within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative to smaller, grass-roots-level projects in cooperation with international organizations. (Photo: gov.kg)

China filling void left by USAID’s dismantling

Looking at ramifications of China’s shifting energy usage patterns on Central Asia

Russian and Chinese tourists discovering Central Asia

Building renovation works in Moscow. Tajikistan supplies a significant share of workers involved in Russia’s construction sector. (Photo: gov.ru)

Restrictions, discrimination do not significantly stem Tajik migration flow to Russia

Russian and de-facto Abkhaz officials in Sukhumi welcome the first direct flight from Moscow. (Photo: de-facto Abkhaz authorities)

Kremlin brings Abkhazia back into fold

Aliyev at a farm in Karabakh on May 9. Instead of going to Moscow, he spent much of the day in territories recently reconquered from Armenia during the Second Karabakh War. (Photo: president.az)

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