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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

Alexander Thompson May 14, 2025

Economics drive improvement of bilateral ties.

Memoir: Recollecting the benefits of shoe leather diplomacy in Turkmenistan

Allan Mustard May 9, 2025

Getting out, getting a feel for the place, and putting pins on a map.

Ukraine complicates Central Asian leaders’ presence at Victory Day celebration in Moscow

May 8, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev cancels last minute due to perceived Russian diss.

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Armenia: Pashinyan goes into “attack mode” against political rivals

May 14, 2025

Prime minister shows confidence that his debate skills can neutralize critics.

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

May 13, 2025

Remittances keep Tajikistan afloat.

Afghanistan: Grappling with fall-out of dwindling foreign aid

May 12, 2025

Almost all US assistance terminated.

Azerbaijan-Russia feud: back on front-burner

May 9, 2025

Grievances aired, insults exchanged.

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

May 13, 2025

Russia and Turkmenistan are the primary offenders.

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

Irakli Machaidze May 12, 2025

Resumption of Moscow-Sukhumi flights after 32 years draws complaints from Tbilisi.

Central Asia

Pope Francis waves to the crowds gathered at the Expo Grounds in Astana, Kazakhstan, before he said mass there on Sept. 14, 2022, during the second ever papal visit to Central Asia. (Photo: Yakov Fedorov/CC)

On periphery: Papal visit, doctrinal clashes and Pope Francis’ Central Asian legacy

An entrepreneur presents her goods at a small-business fair in Tbilisi. The World Bank lists Georgia among the comparatively more dynamic economies in the Caucasus and Central Asia, but also points to deficiencies, such as that Georgia has about the same number of businesses per capita as does Finland, but the number of employees at firms in Georgia is about two-thirds as those in Finland. (Photo: gov.ge)

World Bank offers prescription to address business ills in Caucasus & Central Asia

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (center) speaks with the top officials of a visiting Russian delegation at the Innoprom trade fair in Tashkent on April 28. (Photo: president.uz)

Great-power jostling in Central Asia centering on Uzbekistan

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

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

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

Adylbek Kasymaliev (second left) meets with American entrepreneurs during a roundtable gathering sponsored by the Kyrgyz-American Business Council. (Photo: gov.kg)

Kyrgyz PM gets polite brush off by US business executives

Armenia wants to replace its aging Metsamor nuclear facility. The U.S. appears interested in helping build a replacement, but Russia’s Rosatom, which operates Metsamor, is unlikely to surrender such a lucrative business opportunity without a fight. (Photo: hetq.am)

America angling for power deal in Armenia

China spikes Gazprom gas export plan in Central Asia

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

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko signaled that the Kremlin’s patience with Pashinyan’s government is wearing thin. (Photo: mid.ru)

Russia tells Armenia to make geopolitical choice

Cup of coffee stirs Russian-language debate in Uzbekistan

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

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