The inaugural Central Asia-European Union Summit and the International Climate Forum – held in Samarkand last week and attended by EU leaders António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen alongside ...

Bao Anming from the Institute of Xinjiang Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences warns of a dramatic rise in heat wave exposure across Central Asia's croplands by the end ...

European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Uzbekistan in April to attend the inaugural Central Asia-European Union Summit. The ...

Central Asia is suddenly winning friends and attention. In 2023, Germany set up the “Germany – Central Asia” platform, holding its first summit in September that year in Berlin. A year later, ...

Central Asia has again emerged as a center of geopolitical rivalry between great powers competing for natural resources and political influence. Instead of Great Britain and Russia vying for ...

This book focuses on Central Asia's place in world affairs and how international politics of state-building has affected the Asian region, thus filling the gaps in ongoing discussions on the rise of ...

also given the pledge to invest $12 billion in Central Asia. Two years ago, Dietmar Krissler, an EU foreign policy official, had warned of potential “negative effects” for countries that would ...

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 ...

The first summit between leaders of the EU and the five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I believe our ...

A visitor selects products at the Central Asia special commodity exhibition and sales center in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua) Chinese ...