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Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva present to an IDP the title and keys to a new apartment in a residential complex built at state expense in Jabrayil, a town reconquered by Azerbaijan in 2020. Aliyev decreed to resettle 140,000 IDPs in the newly regained territories by the end of 2026, but the government may not be able to meet that target. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan: ‘Great Return’ numbers not looking so good

May 16, 2025

Karabakh repatriation lags as lots of money spent on reconstruction.

Eurasia is a significant source of methane emissions – report

May 13, 2025

Russia and Turkmenistan are the primary offenders.

Kremlin brings Abkhazia back into fold

Irakli Machaidze May 12, 2025

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

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Georgia: Watchdog groups document systematic government abuses

Irakli Machaidze May 16, 2025

Georgian Dream wants to “rule indefinitely.”

Hail to the victors! Turkmen football team secures a cup

May 15, 2025

A win-win situation for Arkadag.

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.

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

May 15, 2025

Public perceptions toward Washington rapidly swing from positive to negative.

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.

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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

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s motorcade in Moscow. (Photo: president.uz)

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

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

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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