Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek power outage marks troubling omen The electricity sector has been embroiled in the same infighting affecting other parts of government. Oct 29, 2020
Uzbekistan overcomes revolution jitters to embrace Kyrgyz leadership Economic relations are what matter in Tashkent. Oct 23, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Kolbayev arrested in dramatic fashion, but is it theater? The underworld boss accepted his purported surprise detention with absolute equanimity. Oct 22, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Living in the shadow of a sleeping Chinese oil refinery The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 22, 2020
Poll shows Uzbeks, like neighbors, growing leery of Chinese investments Uzbekistan logs the biggest increase in ambivalence toward China. David Trilling Oct 22, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Behind-the-scenes kingpin Matraimov arrested in shock development Japarov has said he is waging a war to rid Kyrgyzstan of corruption. Peter Leonard, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 20, 2020
Diplomacy and the state of U.S.-Chinese relations Mutual disillusionment and resentment are major factors in the unraveling of U.S.-Chinese ties. Oct 19, 2020
Chinese solar investments in Central Asia: A snapshot China's state capitalism has nudged Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to green their domestic energy production. Niva Yau Oct 15, 2020
Perspectives | Witnessing the limits of Chinese power in Kyrgyzstan Beijing has yet to learn how to navigate messy politics, even when ignoring them hurts its image and interests. Srdjan Uljevic Oct 14, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Economy and healthcare shattering under weight of crisis Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive. Peter Leonard, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 8, 2020
China business briefing: Mooove over, Australia Kazakhstan’s food producers look primed to benefit from China’s increasingly tense relationship with traditional trading partners. This and more in our monthly Chinese business briefing. Niva Yau Oct 7, 2020
COVID and the new debt dynamics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Before the pandemic, Central Asia’s poorest countries had been managing their Chinese debts quite well. Now they are asking for help. Dirk van der Kley Oct 2, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: COVID-19 body blow leaves Issyk-Kul tourism operators reeling The tourist season was a disaster, with visitors down almost 90 percent. The taxman has not been sympathetic. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Photos by Danil Usmanov Sep 11, 2020
China business briefing: Whose Belt and Road is it anyway? The loss-making Tajik company behind a mysterious Belt and Road investment is not a harbinger of economic transformation. Niva Yau Sep 9, 2020
Kazakhstan headhunts Belarusian IT developers, in vain so far Astana Hub hoping political unrest could tempt some specialists into coming their way. Almaz Kumenov Sep 4, 2020