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The US and EU drumbeat for Central Asia’s critical minerals grows louder

Mar 14, 2025

All discussions seem to touch on rare earths.

Tajikistan gets high marks for accommodating refugees, IDPs – UNHCR

Mar 11, 2025

Forced migrants continue to face economic challenges.

Uzbekistan launches drive to develop minerals & mining sector

Mar 10, 2025

An invitation for the United States to invest.

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Environmental groups caution against overdevelopment of river resources in Central Asia

Mar 14, 2025

Calling on international financial institutions to reevaluate projects.

Georgia ranked highest in Eurasia in economic freedom survey

Mar 13, 2025

Tbilisi’s standing doesn’t take into account its recent authoritarian turn.

Kyrgyzstan sends American citizen back to United States

Mar 12, 2025

Extradited individual facing criminal charges for alleged immigration-related swindle.

Azerbaijan and Georgia seek to accelerate construction of a Black Sea power line

Mar 11, 2025

EU special designation could help with financing.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (left) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speak at the BRICS summit in Russia in October 2024. The two sides announced on March 13, 2025, that the text of the peace agreement between them has been finalized, but it is unclear when, or even if, it will be signed. (Photo: Ramil Sitdikov/brics-russia2024.ru)

Armenia and Azerbaijan declare peace is at hand

Mar 13, 2025

A treaty is ready, but it could be a while before it is signed.

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

Mar 12, 2025

Government struggling to contain hostile comments.

Central Asia

Turkmenistan seeks to diversify its natural gas export routes. (Photo: gov.tm)

Turkmenistan is trying to come out of its shell

First responders extricate an entrapped passenger after a road accident in Kazakhstan. (Photo: gov.kz)

Central Asia and Caucasus are some of the most hazardous places to drive in the world

A group discussion during a USAID co-sponsored Media CAMP Fest for mass media professionals of Central Asia. The recent funding cutoff has upended operations at dozens of non-governmental organizations and independent media outlets across the Caucasus and Central Asia. (Photo: USAID, Internews, CC BY-ND 2.0, tinyurl.com/ure4su7w)

Measuring impact on Eurasia of US foreign assistance cutoff

A medical professional in Kazakhstan educates a family about disease prevention, including immunization. (Photo: gov.kz)

Vaccine hesitancy fuels resurgence of childhood diseases in Central Asia, Caucasus

Georgia is going GONGO

Pashinyan presents the Real Armenia doctrine in a televised address to the nation. (Screenshot, primeminister.am)

Armenia: Prime minister promotes plan to radically transform society

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

Jackson-Vanik repeal expectations are based on comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his confirmation hearings earlier in January at which he described the amendment as “an absurd relic of the past” and expressed a commitment to improving trade relations with Central Asian states. (Screenshot)

Trump administration likely to pursue steady US trade course in Central Asia

The official launch of the project on December 27 was purely ceremonial, and construction is not expected to start till July 2025 at the earliest. (Photo: president.kg)

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

The site of the passenger jet’s crash. (Photo: gov.kz)

Azerbaijan creates pathway to reconciliation with Russia

The Bundestag. (Photo: Ekaterina Venkina)

What does German election mean for Ukraine?

A lab professional is examining equipment donated by the United States in 2021 to help Kazakhstan combat COVID-19. (Photo: U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Kazakhstan)

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