The five ‘Stans’, independent nations since 1991, are influenced by their neighbours, but distinctive and fascinating.

From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to ...

Accessing profitable export markets presents a challenge for Kazakhstan’s burgeoning – and likely profitable – oil and gas ...

Central Asia has been a bellwether of the Sino-Russian relationship. Russia accounts for almost all of Kazakhstan’s imported ...

Central Asia is undergoing a fundamental shift in its geopolitical structure, marked by a rapid strategic convergence with China. This reflects a deeper transformation ...

Across Kazakhstan, and more broadly in Central Asia, an evolving censorship achieved by various means -- from algorithmic deletions to orchestrated account takeovers and from legal persecution to ...

M A HossainIt is easy to overlook the quiet revolutions in geopolitics, especially when the headlines are dominated by wars in Ukraine an ...

The construction of the railway connecting Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan holds multi-dimensional strategic value. It ...

Uzbekistan is betting that cooperation with the Afghanistan and the Taliban on infrastructure projects will pay off.

Kwarazmi, is coming full circle in its cultural and historical legacy by positioning itself as the world’s next great IT and ...

By bne IntelliNews Cities across Central Asia are bearing the brunt of the worsening climate crisis. Rising temperatures are fuelling a surge in heat-related deaths, economic disruption and ...

In recent years, the geopolitical map of Eurasia has witnessed a subtle yet meaningful transformation, as the Gulf ...