Introduction Recent clashes between India and China over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have created a potential existential crisis for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The dispute flared up …
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$4.8b plan will help complete 573-km track connecting Peshawar to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif and to Uzbekistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is all set to sign a letter, which is already …
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Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are holding elections on January 10, the results of which will inevitably be unpopular with segments of the two countries’ populations before and after election day. Kazakhstan’s …
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Uzbek authorities should halt attempts to criminalize sharing allegedly false information and ensure that journalists can operate freely without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On …
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The West needs to do more to stem the tide of illicit cash flowing from Central Asia into their countries. While some of the countries that once formed part of …
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As the European Union is revising the TEN-T rail freight corridors under the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the effective connection of the Eurasian rail routes with the EU …
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The 2020 donor pledging conference for Afghanistan delivered ominous news to the Kabul government: it will receive 15-20% less aid than was pledged in 2016. After almost 20 years of …
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The United States and other Western countries have worked long and hard to marginalize Iran as punishment for its transgressions on the international stage. Nevertheless, Iran’s neighbors as well as …
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Even with rock-bottom interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced one vulnerable country after another to default on its external debt, or to signal that it may do so soon. …
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Women in Kyrgyzstan continue to face significant hurdles in accessing justice when it comes to gender-based violence. Around 35 percent of the world’s women have experienced physical or sexual violence, …
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