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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

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

May 19, 2025

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

Georgian Dream wants to “rule indefinitely.”

Irakli Machaidze May 16, 2025

Arkadag FC’s players received a well-orchestrated hero’s welcome upon their return to Turkmenistan. (Photo: gov.tm)

Hail to the victors! Turkmen football team secures a cup

A win-win situation for Arkadag.

May 15, 2025

(Photo: primeminister.am)

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

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

May 14, 2025

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

Remittances keep Tajikistan afloat.

May 13, 2025

A camp of refugees deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan in November 2023. The looming shortages created by the fall-off in foreign aid could once again force them to flee Afghanistan. (Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, n9.cl/4o8gf)

Afghanistan: Grappling with fall-out of dwindling foreign aid

Almost all US assistance terminated.

May 12, 2025

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)

Azerbaijan-Russia feud: back on front-burner

Grievances aired, insults exchanged.

May 9, 2025

Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after an agreement exchange ceremony in Paris on May 5. (Photo: gov.tm)

Turkmen leader touts trade and investment during French trip

Offering confirmation that Ashgabat is ready to do business with Western firms.

May 8, 2025

(Photo: Dr. Matthias Ripp, CC BY 2.0, n9.cl/33bae)

Armenia: Polling results suggest public wariness over government’s political course

Russia’s gravitational pull remains strong.

May 7, 2025

A solar farm in China. (Photo: gov.cn)

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

Renewables are up, fossil fuels down.

May 6, 2025