China is increasingly becoming a major arms supplier to Central Asian nations, challenging Russia’s historical dominance in ...

China has succeeded in muscling aside Russia as Central Asia’s top trade partner. Now, Beijing appears intent on capturing a ...

The EU and Central Asia have agreed to upgrade their relationship to the level of a Strategic Partnership. Details of the ...

Billed as a potentially transformative event that could supercharge the European Union’s emergence as a major regional player ...

For the past few months, the world has been watching mass protests unfold in Georgia. These actions represent more than just ...

Top EU leaders were in Uzbekistan on Friday for a major summit with the heads of five Central Asian states, seeking to press ...

Southeast Asia is an especially appealing strategic frontier in Moscow’s dream of a multipolar world. But the reality of ...

The EU proclaimed a "new era" in ties with Central Asia on Friday at a major summit in Uzbekistan, as Brussels presses its ...

The Central Asian region is home to approximately 79 million people spread across five nations. It was part of the Soviet ...

For a long time Central Asia’s most volatile frontier has played host to deadly clashes. But in mid-March Sadyr Japarov, ...

Research on the former Soviet region explores geopolitics of various states, the domestic, foreign and security policy of Russia, and the conflict in Ukraine. Key projects currently include responding ...