A new “Great Game” is unfolding in the Caucasus and Central Asia, echoing the 19th-century rivalry between empires, with a ...

For centuries, the name "Tartaria" or "Tartary" appeared on maps as a vast, mysterious region covering parts of Siberia, ...

Central Asia rose to global prominence in 2024, drawing notable interest from major European and Asian powers and intensifying Russian and Chinese competition for regional influence. The Central Asian ...

Geography is an obvious barrier to expanding commerce: Central Asian states and Mongolia lack direct connections, as well as outlets to the sea, with Mongolia entirely surrounded by Russia and China.

Central Asia has been a bellwether of the Sino-Russian relationship. Russia accounts for almost all of Kazakhstan’s imported ...

He added that the focus in the coming months should be on harmonizing regulatory frameworks to eliminate trade “choke-points.” Geography is an obvious barrier to expanding commerce: Central Asian ...

China-Central Asia commercial ties also deepened through the years. China’s two-way trade with Central Asia more than doubled from $41 billion in 2018 to nearly $90 billion in 2023.

The geography of Central Asia is not merely a backdrop, but a key to understanding the entire logic of regional security.

Turkmenistan has shown international leadership, becoming the first country in Central Asia to join the new Alliance. Turkmenistan is the only country in Central Asia that is party to the two UN ...