Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy and a strategic energy supplier, has historically sought a “ multi-vector ” ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- When Russian Defense ... situation in Central Asia, he mentioned "more than 100 large pro-Western nongovernmental organizations operating in the region" alongside potential ...

In Central Asia ... Russian language used to be a sign of education, high culture, and a marker of the upper class. Its mastery also presented more opportunities in terms of employment. For the ...

The GCC-Central Asia relations blend economic ambition with diversification in security and foreign policy. By navigating the ...

Russia can no longer be treated as a single player on a chessboard.” This sentiment is echoed by many in the region, who note that the things that make Central Asia dependent on Russia ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, some speculated that the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) would turn away from their old imperial overlord. After all, Vladimir Putin’s ...

Even today, Russia is the largest provider of foreign direct investment to the region, while also serving as a large import market for Central Asia’s bountiful reserves of metals and minerals.

Central Asia is home to untapped natural gas and oil reserves, supplies of copper and uranium, and 10,300km of land borders with China and Russia. Outreach to the region has occupied Beijing and ...

A decline in remittances from Russia and rising cost of living could push an additional one million people into poverty in the region Poverty reduction in the Caucasus and Central Asia is likely to ...

But as Russia tries to reaffirm its role in the region, China has also been quietly expanding its influence. Could this growing competition over Central Asia affect Beijing and Moscow’s broader ...

Meanwhile, Russia has struggled economically ... particularly in one region whose post-Cold War fate they have come to shape: Central Asia. There, for over a decade, the two seemed to have developed ...

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order. By Keith Bradsher and Anatoly Kurmanaev ...