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Central Asia+: Summitry Takes Region to New Heights

Central Asia+: Summitry Takes Region to New Heights

Toghrul Ali

09/06/2024

Central Asia is gaining prominence on the global stage as major international ac...

Central Asia and Azerbaijan Reaffirm Ties in the Consultative Meetings of the Heads of States

Central Asia and Azerbaijan Reaffirm Ties in the Consultative Meetings of the Heads of States

Toghrul Ali

08/21/2024

Central Asian leaders’ commitment to increased regional collaboration and integr...

The Climate Crisis has come to the South Caucasus

The Climate Crisis has come to the South Caucasus

Zachary Weiss

07/29/2024

Climate change has begun to harm the physical and economic security of people li...

OTS Rides the Middle Corridor to the Summit

OTS Rides the Middle Corridor to the Summit

Member-country ministers were charged with optimizing and digitalizing the Middl...

The United States Needs a New Strategy in Central Asia

The United States Needs a New Strategy in Central Asia

Why is the United States in the wings instead of at the center of Middle Corrido...

Azerbaijan and Türkiye Solidify Key Energy Alliance with Turkmen Gas Deal

Azerbaijan and Türkiye Solidify Key Energy Alliance with Turkmen Gas Deal

Azerbaijan and Türkiye struck a major energy deal in May, with state-owned giant...

Nine Hard Truths Along The Caspian Middle Corridor: Critical Factors Facing The Caucasus and Central Asia

Nine Hard Truths Along The Caspian Middle Corridor: Critical Factors Facing The Caucasus and Central Asia

The word is out. The eight, energy-rich Caucasus and Central Asian countries are...

Russian Relokanty: Central Asia’s New Digital Nomads

Russian Relokanty: Central Asia’s New Digital Nomads

Deportation of Tajik migrants in Russia following the concert hall terrorist att...

Saudi Ministers Visit Central Asia: “Unprecedented” Collaboration Moves Beyond Oil

Saudi Ministers Visit Central Asia: “Unprecedented” Collaboration Moves Beyond Oil

Charley Ward

03/26/2024

A new era of engagement between the Persian Gulf and Central Asian states was la...

Why the B5+1 Matters

Why the B5+1 Matters

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 Time Has Come for an Association of Central Asian States

The five sovereign states of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Taj...

European and International Financial Institutions to Invest $10 Billion in the Middle Corridor

European and International Financial Institutions to Invest $10 Billion in the Middle Corridor

Toghrul Ali

02/01/2024

The Global Gateway Investors Forum for EU-Central Asia Transport Connectivity co...

The Middle Corridor Is Opening

The Middle Corridor Is Opening

Bruce Pannier

01/22/2024

On January 11, a train from Xian, China, arrived in Azerbaijan, having made an a...

The Middle Corridor Infrastructure Deals and Developments: 2023 in Review

The Middle Corridor Infrastructure Deals and Developments: 2023 in Review

Haley Nelson

12/21/2023

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Middle Corridor transit route seemed fa...

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

A looming shortage of potable water driven by rising global temperatures and poo...

French Connection: Macron’s Nuclear Deals in Central Asia

French Connection: Macron’s Nuclear Deals in Central Asia

Toghrul Ali

11/17/2023

France has shifted its gaze to Central Asia in pursuit of uranium. With its mark...

China’s Charm Offensive in Central Asia

China’s Charm Offensive in Central Asia

During China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum on October 17-18, Chinese Pr...