The water resource crisis is not a new phenomenon in Central Asia. With the eventual fall of the Soviet Union, the resource-sharing system it imposed on the region totally disintegrated.

Giorgia Meloni's visit to Central Asia highlights the growing competition for the region's resources and the need for a clear strategic plan beyond historical geopolitical theories.

China's overarching goal in Central Asia beyond securing natural resources is to ensure the region maintains a level of security and stability so China's own western marches become no more restive.

13 February 2014 Central Asia and wider Eurasian countries have benefited from the natural resource over the past few decades, and it is time the region leverages its natural strength to build a ...

HALFORD MacKinder, a founding father of geopolitics, claimed more than a century ago that the country which controls Central Asia and neighbouring nations shall be the “empire of the world”. Read more ...

But this resource is at risk. According to the 2019 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, temperatures in Central Asia are rising faster than the global average.

Irrigation-intensive industries in former Soviet republics have sucked water bodies dry. Olli Varis calls for economic reform to ease environmental and social tensions.

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to advance his resource diplomacy agenda with a senior adviser's trip to Central Asia this week, hoping to leverage the technical capabilities ...

He made the comments … at the China-Central Asia Summit in Kazakhstan. China has been making inroads into the resource-rich region, increasing bilateral trade and investment.