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Catherine PutzThe Diplomat |
Tashkent’s progress with the WTO accelerated in 2023 and the finish line is in sight.
For the second time in a month, Uzbek authorities have restricted hours at methane filling stations due to a drop in gas pipeline pressure.
Following the imposition of visa bonds for Kyrgyz travelers to the United States, a Kyrgyz politician has suggested Bishkek reassess its visa-free...
At least four were killed in a recent outbreak of violence between locals and a gold mining company allegedly backed by the Taliban.
While the pilot program largely targets countries in Africa, the latest expansion includes countries in Central Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific.
The visa bond pilot program mandates that otherwise eligible applicants for business or tourism visas from select countries, now including...
Tokayev proposed that the EAEU focus on artificial intelligence, logistics, digitalization, free trade, and global dialogue.
In the aftermath of an alleged attack on one of Putin's residences, the Central Asian governments came out quickly with calls and condemnations,...
As non-members, the G-20 has not been particularly relevant for either Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. What’s relevant is the U.S. president’s attention.
The law goes to President Tokayev next for signature.
Unique among those countries subject to travel bans by the U.S. earlier this year, restrictions on the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to Turkmen...
An interview with Edward Lemon on the recent attacks targeting Chinese workers near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
The law is set for consideration in the Senate next week.
Kyrgyzstan abolished capital punishment in 2007; President Japarov has suggested reinstating it as a way to confront horrific crimes against women and...
2026 looks to be a pivotal year in which the trilateral hydropower project will either make serious steps forward or languish, as previous efforts...
The commission says all 14 candidates won’t be permitted to run again for the seat, but a court could reverse that decision.
Pressure has allegedly been mounting for months on the popular outlet.
In one of the attacks, a drone was reportedly used to drop grenades on Chinese workers.
A quiet campaign resulted in low turnout for the election of a diminished parliament.
Once again, the Kyrgyz government has cried wolf as an election approached.
A pro-Russian blogger was sentenced to nearly four years; meanwhile, an activist urging the boycotting of Russian artists was called in for a...
Meanwhile, Taliban officials said earlier this year that the CASA-1000 project would be completed in the next one to two years.
"Despite its importance, women’s work is frequently undervalued and rendered invisible by government, private sector and donor-driven programs."
Forced evictions began in the spring in the neighborhood adjacent to the modest al-Maturidi mausoleum. Then the demolition began.
An interview with Joanna Lillis on the contrasts between "new" and "old" Uzbekistan.
The focus of the C5 1 has narrowed to the economic realm, yielding big deals and sidelining big challenges.
The Trump administration’s transactional style was on fully display, with savvy Central Asian businessmen just as keen to get in on a deal.
An interview with Uzbek Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov on U.S.-Uzbekistan economic relations.
Meanwhile, Uzbek citizens face one of the highest visa-refusal rates in the United States.
For Beijing, Central Asia is a testing ground for its foreign policy innovations – and a challenge.
Another dark turn for journalism in Kyrgyzstan.
In his new book, Scott Miller explores a bit of overlooked history.
Presumably U.S. President Donald Trump will join them.
It’s a been crazy few months in Japanese politics.
Central Asia's banking and crypto sectors have been increasingly targeted by the EU, U.K., and the United States for sanctions.
The travel ban policy specifically states that it does not apply to asylees or refugees, and yet the families of asylee Afghans, who fought alongside...
Security cooperation at the military level is a further step down the regional cooperative road.
With little more than two months left in the year, time is running out to mark the C5 1’s 10th anniversary with a summit.
“[T]he death penalty is not the solution” to Kyrgyzstan’s gender-based violence problem, a group of human rights organizations argue.
“Uzbekistan remains firmly committed to strengthening its strategic partnership with the United States, recognizing substantial potential for...
Kazakhstan's leaders once characterized climate change as an existential crisis. Now they're quoting Donald Trump and calling it a "fraud."
The Jogorku Kenesh voted to dissolve itself, setting the stage for elections in late November.
Once again, all five Central Asian presidents attended the U.N. General Assembly to lay out their perspectives on an increasingly conflicted world.
Kazakhstan has agreed to purchase 300 freight locomotives to the tune of $4.2 billion; Uzbekistan will buy at least 14 Boeing jets, in a deal said to...
Semey, the center of Kazakhstan’s Abai Region, will hold it’s first ever direct election for akim on October 12.
It would be independent Uzbekistan’s first full general census, if it happens.
An thus ends a bizarre trial that serves to illustrate a distressing pattern of Kyrgyz authorities targeting media whose work focuses on government...
Geedge Networks has commercialized China’s Great Firewall for export, and Astana was an ideal customer.
Aziz Voitov was found guilty but won't serve prison time, reportedly on account of having paid "full compensation."
In July, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan all signed agreements with Afghanistan related to the development of railways.