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ISKP’s Resurgence: The Growing Threat to Central Asia and Global Security
07/19/2024
The Islamic State in the Khorasan Province (ISKP) has intensified its recruitmen...
Is the SCO “Anti-NATO”? Possibly not with Its Diverse Members
07/16/2024
July’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in Astana, Kazakhstan,...
Strategic Minerals Explained: Ukraine, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia
Zachary Weiss, Joshua Bernard-Pearl
07/01/2024
This is the first in a series of articles planned to provide a comprehensive ove...
The United States Needs a New Strategy in Central Asia
06/26/2024
Why is the United States in the wings instead of at the center of Middle Corrido...
Central Asia's Nuclear Ambitions and a Sustainable Energy Future
06/21/2024
Alongside renewables, energy efficiency, and other innovative technologies ......
Nine Hard Truths Along The Caspian Middle Corridor: Critical Factors Facing The Caucasus and Central Asia
06/13/2024
The word is out. The eight, energy-rich Caucasus and Central Asian countries are...
Central Asia in Focus: Many Problems Surround Bishkek Violence on May 17-18
05/22/2024
Unrest in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, overnight on May 17-18 highlighted the ...
Meeting the Challenge: Foreign Assistance Remedies for Problematic PRC Activity in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia
05/20/2024
On April 22, the State Department Office of the Coordinator of Assistance to Eur...
Central Asia in Focus: The Kazakh Venue for Peace Talks
05/09/2024
In this week’s edition: Almaty will host upcoming talks between the Armenian and...
UK Upgrades Its Relations with Central Asia
04/29/2024
Central Asia played host to a surprisingly high-profile visitor this April, the ...
Russian Relokanty: Central Asia’s New Digital Nomads
04/25/2024
Deportation of Tajik migrants in Russia following the concert hall terrorist att...
Caspian States to Hold Military Drills for the First Time Without Russia’s Participation
04/16/2024
The repercussions of Russia's conflict with Ukraine are bleeding across Russia’s...
Central Asia in Focus: Central Asians Targeted in Russia
04/09/2024
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis ...
Headlines from the Caspian: April 1, 2024
04/01/2024
Your quick primer on the latest developments in the Caspian this week...
Central Asia's Gateway of Dual-Use Technology and Materials to Russia
03/28/2024
Trade statistics indicate that there has been a significant uptick in China’s sh...
Saudi Ministers Visit Central Asia: “Unprecedented” Collaboration Moves Beyond Oil
03/26/2024
A new era of engagement between the Persian Gulf and Central Asian states was la...
Tajikistan’s Efforts to Build Out its Energy System Reflects Geopolitical Competition
03/22/2024
Last September, Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma,...
Why the B5+1 Matters
03/21/2024
The B5+1 held in Almaty in March 2024 was the first public-private dialogue at t...
The Time Has Come for an Association of Central Asian States
The five sovereign states of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Taj...