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Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

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

Kazakhstan is moving through the production cycle, powered by Chinese demand.

Most of the tourists came overland from neighboring Turkey and Russia.

Kazakh exporters say China is pushing them aside, interested in a transit corridor but not a supplier.

Government agencies and Kazakh-Chinese companies are using the pandemic to shield themselves from scrutiny.

Two new papers find that Georgia and Azerbaijan would gain more from improving trade with their neighbors than pursing a place on the Belt and Road.

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

Poor and rural families are not equipped to handle online school. Now they fear another academic year is going to start with schools still closed.

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.