Tag: Central Asia

AdvertisementAll five Central Asian presidents joined Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Alongside Putin ...

AdvertisementA court in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, approved the Ministry of Culture’s request to shut down RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, known ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, ...

Asia Defense | Security | Central Asia Russia’s efforts to establish “regional air defense systems” within the existing CIS joint air defense system are ...

AdvertisementFew headlines generate concern in Kazakhstan like reports of protests in Zhanaozen or elsewhere in Kazakhstan’s western, oil-rich regions. In ...

Crossroads Asia | Politics | Central Asia The referendum may be a way of employing old tricks to extend Mirziyoyev’s rule, but a total ...

AdvertisementIn October 2017, Ahmed Shaheed — then the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief — was ...

AdvertisementIn light of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip through Central Asia and the one-year mark of the ...

AdvertisementNext week U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first trip to Central Asia, stopping in Kazakhstan for ...

AdvertisementSAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN — The 2,000-year old city of Samarkand lies some 2,000 miles away from Kyiv, separated by Central Asians ...