Image: Assaubayeva on a 2023 stamp from Kazakhstan He’s from Uzbekistan, and she’s from Kazakhstan. They’re elite chess players and good friends accustomed to the high-pressure environment of international tournaments. They went horse-riding …
Image: TCA Rising global demand for critical resources, the accelerating green transition, and the digitalization of the economy are turning Central Asia from a peripheral region into one of the key arenas of geoeconomic competition. …
Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn Central Asian governments have cautiously welcomed the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, describing it as a necessary pause in a conflict that has already begun to affect …
Shairbek Tashiyev; image: TCA In the last week, political tensions in Kyrgyzstan have risen following the arrest of Shairbek Tashiyev, the brother of Kamchybek Tashiyev, the former head of the State Committee for National …
Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn The war around Iran is beginning to push up food price risks in Central Asia as disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz raise fertilizer and fuel costs, while …
@kazatomprom.kz Kazakhstan’s national nuclear company Kazatomprom is negotiating a long-term uranium supply agreement with India as part of efforts to expand its presence in key global markets. The announcement was made by the company’s …
Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Water and Energy, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Omar, at Tashkent Water Week; image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn Uzbekistan just hosted the Tashkent Water Week forum, and the speaker many wanted to hear from was …
@gov.kg Construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has entered an active phase, following a meeting between the Kyrgyz government and representatives of the company implementing the project. According to the project company, preparation of the main design …
Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn The visit by Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty, to Beijing on March 17–19 did more than routinely reaffirm Turkmenistan’s ties with China. It opened onto a wider issue in …
The regional power sector requires urgent modernization as infrastructure degradation reaches 70% in some areas, while Uzbekistan emerges as a leader in rapid renewable energy adoption. Photo: Getty Images Central Asia’s energy landscape is …
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