Diplomatic engagement has replaced aggressive rhetoric, as Azerbaijan strives to keep tension with neighboring Iran from ...

Energy interests are helping to fuel fresh efforts aimed at normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations. Meeting on the sidelines of a gathering sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) ...

According to preliminary figures from the Central Referendum Commission, 87 percent of votes cast supported the adoption of the new constitution, Kazakhstan’s third since the country gained ...

Aliyev’s message to the new Iranian Supreme leader was particularly solicitous. “I hope that together we will make further ...

Opinion polling indicates that voters will approve a new constitution for Kazakhstan in a referendum on March 15. The draft that citizens will vote on represents a near total rewrite of the existing ...

A recent Tajik government report on living standards indicates that many households are hovering on the edge of the poverty ...

The Bloody January turmoil stemmed partly from public alienation from a political system monopolized by Nursultan Nazarbayev, ...

In 2025, financing woes resulted in a Russian state-controlled entity, Inter RAO, losing contracts to build three power plants in the Kazakh cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Oskemen. All three contracts ...

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province ...

In early March, nine opposition parties announced a new alliance, pledging to coordinate their strategy to oppose the ruling Georgian Dream’s ongoing efforts to establish a monopoly on politics while ...

The Asian Development Bank is on a spending spree in Central Asia, authorizing billions in support for states in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin. The bank’s primary aim appears to be stimulating ...