Central Asia is balancing economic ties with Russia, avoiding sanctions fallout, and leveraging Western initiatives while ...

By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian ...

A special adviser to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is scheduled to embark on an 11-day trip to five Central Asian countries through Feb. 8, beginning with Kazakhstan, the Japanese government said ...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is raising hopes in Kazakhstan that long-reviled Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions ...

One of the biggest threats to human health, and a major source of air pollution, is regularly hidden in statistical reports ...

Central Asia is cementing itself as a confident middle power region, exerting its independence through strategic partnerships ...

As the new administration charts its foreign policy course, a stronger Central Asia-U.S. partnership can serve as a model for ...

Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues -- from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine ...

Human Rights Watch report released last week describes the five Central Asian republics as an environment under law-breaking ...

ASTANA – The Astana Hub, Kazakhstan’s international technology park, was awarded the Top Startup Ecosystem in Central Asia by ...

Soviet-influenced curricula excelled at producing specialists in subjects that served centrally planned economies. As Central ...

The EU Civil Society Facility for Central Asia works to enhance the capacity of civil society organizations, enabling them to ...