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Catherine PutzThe Diplomat |
Grand outcomes aren't necessary at every meeting to prove the value of a format. But at a certain point, the lowest hanging fruit has been picked.
According to a OCCRP and Ozodlik investigation, Otabek Umarov, the Uzbek president’s son-in-law, obtained Emirati citizenship in 2023, while he was...
The Russian e-commerce retailer has announced yet another new logistics facility, this time in Uzbekistan.
No U.S. president has ever traveled to Central Asia while in office. Could Donald Trump be the first? Sure. But will he be? That’s a different...
So far, incumbent President Sadyr Japarov and Omurbek Suvanaliev – a politician and former minister of internal affairs – have announced their...
Japarov also thanked Donald Trump for ending funding of NGOs.
In the first Central Asia-South Korea leaders summit, energy and critical minerals were top of the agenda.
The IMF says Turkmenistan, in failing to provide key economic data, is in breach of its obligations.
The daughter of the Uzbek president is head of the presidential administration and now also manager of Tashkent’s ambitious gambit to attract...
Both Tashiev’s lawyers and the prosecutors filed appeals after the July verdict, the former seeking complete acquittal and the latter harsher...
In addition to sanctioning 27 Iranian airlines, the U.S. designated Turkish, Kazakh, and Malaysian companies for serving as general sales agents for...
One clue as to how the U.S. plans to proceed might be glimpsed in how Uzbekistan progresses in following Kazakhstan into dual membership.
Dr. Ikboljon Qoraboyev's arrest on espionage charges has sent shockwaves through Kazakhstan’s increasingly internationalized academic sector.
“The Asian theater was never just about defeating Japan – it was also about dismantling European imperialism and creating new national futures.”
Adilet, as expected, secured a majority of the vote – 71 percent according to official preliminary data.
19 more companies have been ordered to close down, and more than 140 have been cut off by their state-owned banking partners.
With Tajikistan's main supplier of oil, Russia, under pressure, Dushanbe has turned to another partner: Iran.
The shape of the Kazakh legislature may have changed, but the politics of Kazakhstan have not necessarily been transformed.
Japarov claimed he changed his mind once he realized Tashiev is “not ready.”
A hacker claims to have stolen the data from Kazakhstan eGov service. The authorities are investigating the claim.
The program, which launched as a pilot in August 2025, is now permanent and at present affects the citizens of 50 countries.
Tokayev's call for peace talks came alongside remarks on Kazakhstan's enduring strategic cooperation and alliance with Russia.
“When a language becomes accessible, it becomes visible. And when it becomes visible, it becomes part of international scholarship and global...
Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court confirmed this week that the president is eligible to run for another single seven-year term under the new...
That Tashiev was given probation after a coup plot conviction while Kyrgyz journalists and musicians sit in jail, or exile, for reporting on his...
Chinese workers have reportedly resumed construction on a critical highway along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border where two such workers were killed...
Amid Kazakhstan and the European Union's multifaceted relations, connectivity remains a throughline.
While the companies haven’t been named, what’s clear is that Bishkek wants to be seen making an effort to address the EU’s sanctions...
A bank lending a business money is hardly cause for a headline. But this is no ordinary loan.
A week after being opened to public scrutiny, the Tashiev trial has again been closed once more.
If earlier moves toward more direct elections were indictive of Kazakhstan's political maturation, what should we make of the reversal of that effort?
The first hearings featured a verbal argument between Tashiev and a witness and were followed by a leak of interrogation videos.
The merger is the latest step in the consolidation – or rebranding – of power under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The names change; the system...
Tashkent and Moscow celebrated the start of construction on the plant – two months after the companies involved celebrated the same thing.
While still growing, Kyrgyzstan’s GDP may slow due to increasing weight of sanctions.
Moscow is reportedly furnishing as much as 85 percent of the financing for the project.
The scam economy is an industrialized system that merges cyber fraud with human trafficking and money laundering, all thriving under political...
If legitimacy is tied to history, then exactly how that history is interpreted matters beyond conference rooms packed with historians.
“I don’t find evidence that [Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan] are yet grappling with the water needs of next-generation industries.”
Steve Swerdlow, a well-known Central Asia researcher and a USC professor, was leading a group of 16 students to Kyrgyzstan when he was denied entry...
There has been a curious uptick in Central Asia-Africa relations this year, led by Kyrgyzstan.
Russia's Sergei Shoigu also said that "a return of third-country military infrastructure to Afghanistan or the deployment of new military facilities...
Despite small steps in 2023 and 2024, the 2025 harvest reportedly saw a complete return to the mobilization of state employees into the fields.
According to his lawyer, Tashiev has been indicted on charges of plotting a coup and the case has been classified.
Following the 2025 regional drought, Kazakhstan authorities have warned about below-average reservoir levels and the possibility for summer shortages.
In their bilateral meetings, Putin emphasized how grateful he was that the Kazakh and Uzbek leaders came to stand with Russia.
With Aibek Dadebay – until very recently the head of the presidential administration – at its head, Adilet looks to be just another...
For a region little covered in the global press, every thoughtful effort to tell local stories is a bright light in the dark.
With the celebration expected to be toned down under possible threat of Ukrainian drone strikes, fewer foreign dignitaries are expected.
Tashiev has not yet been detained, but has reportedly been instructed not to leave town.
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