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The Kazakh government intends to send a delegation to Washington to hold talks on a variety of trade issues, including tariffs and, likely, critical minerals. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakhstan plans to send delegation to United States for trade talks

Apr 18, 2025

Tariffs and critical minerals likely on agenda.

Georgia: Government seeks control over foreign assistance to non-governmental sector

Irakli Machaidze Apr 15, 2025

Independent media outlets confronting potential death blow.

Commentary: Turkey attempting to balance carbon interests and green ambitions

Ata Turkoglu Apr 14, 2025

Ankara’s COP31 hosting bid at crossroads.

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Uzbekistan: Reform drive will soon face critical hump – expert

Apr 18, 2025

Russian gas dependency poses significant obstacle.

Pashinyan’s domestic political challenges deepen

Apr 17, 2025

Opposition sets differences aside to unify.

Turkmenistan to introduce simplified procedures for obtaining visas

Apr 16, 2025

New rules seen as part of wider opening to trade opportunities.

Tajik opposition files international lawsuit accusing government of crimes against humanity

Apr 15, 2025

Court decision likely years in making.

Recently published data raises doubts about whether Azerbaijan can meet its commitment of exporting 20 bcm of gas annually to the EU by 2027. (Photo: BP)

Azerbaijan’s energy relations with EU experiencing bout of uncertainty

Apr 17, 2025

Game of high-stakes poker over natural gas supplies.

China spikes Gazprom gas export plan in Central Asia

Apr 16, 2025

Russian energy company keeps gushing red ink.

Central Asia

An aerial view of construction works at Rogun. (Photo: president.tj)

Tajikistan: Rogun Dam project going under microscope

US strikes mineral deals with Uzbekistan – Tashkent report

President Trump holds a chart as he announces new tariffs on April 2. (Photo: The White House)

Measuring impact of US tariffs on Central Asia and South Caucasus

(Photo: Kazimierz Popławski, kazimierzpoplawski.pl, CC BY-NC 2.0)

South Caucasus deemed “low exposure” zone in terms of vulnerability to climate change – UN study

Tea Tsulukiani, the head of a newly established investigative commission with a mandate to investigate political activity from 2003-2012, the timeframe when UNM and its leader, Mikheil Saakashvili, held power. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgian government weaponizes history with aim of banning opposition

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan looks into the camera while presenting his Real Armenia program. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia: Pressure increasing on Pashinyan

A Chinese-made electric bus in Baku. (Photo: gov.az)

Commentary: Addressing China’s growing electric vehicle footprint in Azerbaijan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an SCO event in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2024. The Uzbek government wants to maintain a sense of strong domestic support for its “all-weather strategic partnership“ with China, but the initial effort to reassure Uzbeks did not appear to stem the social media-driven discontent. (Photo: president.uz)

Social networks in Uzbekistan buzzing with criticism of Chinese economic practices

The Khorgos Gateway dry port on the Chinese-Kazakh border. Trade with Kazakhstan accounted for nearly half of China’s turnover with Central Asian states in 2024. (Photo: gov.kz)

China enhances position as Central Asia’s economic overlord

By some estimates, Rosatom has captured half of the global nuclear energy market. (Photo: gov.ru)

Commentary: Russia winning contest over nuclear energy sector and supply chains

Vladimir Kara-Murza makes the sign of the cross at the place of Boris Nemtsov’s death in Moscow. (Photo: Michał Siergiejevicz via Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2021, CC BY 2.0)

History will not absolve Putin, prominent Russian dissident asserts

Timur Suleimenov, the head of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, stated in his letter to Kazakh PMs that the regulator is not inclined to pressure commercial bankers to loosen up their rules. (Photo: gov.kz)

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