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 ...

China’s “One Belt, One Road” project aims to make central Asia more connected to the world, yet even before the initiative was formally announced China had helped to redraw the energy map of ...

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.

Over the past decade, the Central Asia Knowledge Network has served as a key regional platform to bring together relevant academics, young professionals and practitioners from Central Asian countries ...

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 ...

An in-depth look at the geo-politics of Central Asia, from the Great Game to present-day political power struggles in the region.