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The government sees fracking as a solution to realizing its ambitious vision for the gas industry.

Komilov has urged the international community to show more flexibility toward the Taliban regime.

Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

The dispute over where the former Georgian president should be treated became sharper as he briefly lost consciousness as a result of his hunger strike.

Uzbekistan has been discussed as the most likely contender to accept some sort of U.S. military presence, even as Tashkent consistently denies the possibility.

The visit comes amid a rocky patch in relations between the two allies, and in the middle of a heated election campaign.

Chinese students abroad say they are under constant surveillance from their peers.

A senior American official describes trying to square two Bush administration priorities: human rights and the Global War on Terror.

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.

While encouraging educational exchanges and agricultural innovation, Washington's first ambassador to Turkmenistan found government suspicion overwhelming.

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.

Afghanistan will test China’s vision for itself.

The former U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan describes close interactions with a paranoid and shortsighted dictator.

The recent violence toward LGBTQ+ activists and media in Georgia follows a long history of government inaction against radical right figures.

Moscow wants to heavily constrain Washington's scope for action, however.

As Tbilisi proudly announces its disdain for minority rights, how will its partners in Washington and Brussels react?

Tajiks are offering the troops a haven, but the Uzbeks are taking a firmer line.

Aluminum foil accounts for almost half of Armenian exports to the U.S.

The recent political crisis has established the EU as Georgia’s most important Western partner.

The unprecedented White House statement was welcomed by Armenians around the world, and viewed in the Caucasus through the lens of last year’s war with Azerbaijan.

New pressure from Washington will make China look even closer at Central Asia.

The U.S. and EU have been heavily involved in mediating between Georgia's feuding political parties, but so far to no avail.

Another prestigious Western journal publishes the author without declaring her conflicts of interest.

Military officials deny suggestions that the base was contaminated.

Beijing is redefining “multilateralism” to better suit its needs.