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By Eurasianet The picture continues to darken for press freedom in Central Asia as a court in Kyrgyzstan this month closed down a critical broadcaster for “sarcasm and mimicry” and sentenced a blogger ...
Central Asia’s land, water, and ecosystems face extreme pressure from farming, population growth, and pollution.
Despite speculation, Russia’s depleted military, logistical limits, and diplomatic priorities make a Central Asia invasion ...
Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would ...
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Central Asia: Caught in the Crossfire
The Israel-Iran conflict has shown that Central Asia’s bid for strategic autonomy is deeply fragile. In a world of unraveling ...
A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has positioned itself as Central Asia’s frontrunner in sustainable finance, according to a June 16 report ...
Central Asia has rarely occupied a prominent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, but the region’s dynamism shouldn’t be ...
The Central Asia republics trade with India and Pakistan and will be reluctant to be drawn into one side’s economic warfare on the other. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, ...
The inaugural China-Central Asia gathering is part of China’s broader aim to strengthen economic and political partnerships with like-minded countries, to counter what it sees as a U.S ...
Central Asia gained its independence — with nationalist movements rebelling against Kremlin rule. Europe How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine tension.