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Days before Azerbaijan launched an assault against Armenia, Armenians began using a new, Azerbaijan-constructed road to travel between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.

Moscow’s war on Ukraine has resuscitated plans for new regional transportation links bypassing Russia.

Enthusiasm for this round of fighting is less than in 2020, with some prominent figures even openly opposing the new escalation.

At least two Tajik soldiers are said to have been killed in the fighting.

In the wake of Azerbaijan’s offensive, Armenia’s leader signaled that he would be willing to cede control of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

Tension between the two sides has been exacerbated by continuing disagreement of the nature of a road that would connect the two parts of Azerbaijan through Armenian territory.

Tajik media sources say one of its soldiers was killed.

The attacks come as Russia, Armenia’s security guarantor, has been getting routed in Ukraine.

Islamic State in Afghanistan is increasing its focus on China.

One was arrested, and both the Karabakh de facto leadership and the opposition in Armenia have come to his defense.

The UNHCR says the deportations are putting people's lives at risk.

A new opinion poll offers a rare glimpse at how the war is perceived in Central Asia.

Baku is venturing ever closer to openly promoting secession for Iran’s large ethnic Azerbaijani minority.

A lack of detailed data means that it is difficult to measure what a 49 percent increase in exports to Russia means. But the country’s partners in Europe and the U.S. are watching.

Sympathizers are expanding their social media efforts in the Uzbek language.

Authorities appear happy to chase the former first family’s money, but are squeamish about accusing them of mutiny.

But just as Azerbaijani troops were entering the territory, however, it emerged that the new road that was the purported reason for the handover would not be ready for another week.

Kazakhstan is dependent on Russia for its main oil export route, which has run into repeated problems since Nur-Sultan refused to support Moscow’s war.

As the government tries to pacify the region with investment, winners and losers are coming into focus.

Some are worried about physical security, others about whether their agricultural produce can compete with Turkish imports.

An energy watcher recalls how Europe’s fixation with market powers drove it into the arms of a Russian monopolist.

The current process, unlike previous efforts, is a largely top-down one. What can we do to change that?

In 2020, Azerbaijan won back many of the water resources it had lost to Armenians in the 1990s. But the biggest source still eludes it, and farmers are still struggling.

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.