The voters of Kyrgyzstan approved a new constitution on April 11 that gives the president extensive powers and threatens the most vibrant civil society in Central Asia. The U.S. Agency …
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The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan may create uncertainty in neighbouring Xinjiang, but might improve China’s security environment in the longer run, analysts have said. At Tuesday’s Ministerial Conference of …
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The April 11 vote for 448 local councils across the country may turn out to be more consequential than usual. Local elections in Kyrgyzstan are always a time for sweeping …
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Turkey’s support for Azerbaijan in its latest war with Armenia could have much greater ramifications, with Turkey using Azerbaijan’s geographic position as a springboard to reach out to Central Asia. …
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It may have been the subject of news headlines around the world in recent weeks, but Xinjiang was not on the agenda for an informal meeting of the Turkic Council …
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School donations that come with compulsory Chinese lessons help Beijing to convert younger generations to its politics rom the moment they push the Chinese lion door knob to enter, children …
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Putin has thrown his weight behind the mine. Will he regret it? Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest gold mine has moved into production, beginning what could become the country’s largest Russian investment project …
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At a meeting last week, March 11, the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Sadyr Zhaparov and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, respectively, agreed to open land and air communications between Uzbekistan and the …
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Move expected to increase volume of goods moving through Gwadar Pakistan is offering access to Gwadar port, a strategic component in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to landlocked Central …
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On russian: https://cutt.ly/txrD1TG U.S. policymaker have traditionally treated Central Asia as peripheral to American policy priorities – and that stance is unlikely to change in the near future. The United …
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