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Tajik President Returns From Beijing With Big Solar Deals and New Lines of Credit

During a three-day visit to Beijing, Tajikistan’s leader secured a string of investment agreements and a large financing package, even as questions mount about the bidders chosen to build the country’s burgeoning solar sector. Emomali Rahmon signed roughly 50 separate arrangements that officials say could bring in about $8 billion, and won an $800 million loan from the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — a sum roughly twice the bank’s prior total support for Dush

6 days ago2 min read

Central Asian Leaders’ Surprise Visit to Moscow Raises Questions About Motives

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev turned up in Moscow on May 9 to stand with President Vladimir Putin at a sharply reduced Victory Day ceremony, a move that has prompted fresh speculation about why two normally cautious regional leaders altered plans at the last minute. The parade on Moscow’s central square was markedly shorter and less ostentatious than in past years amid security concerns about possible drone attacks, and many intern

Medina

6 days ago2 min read

Washington’s Bureaucracy Keeps Misplacing Central Asia

Washington’s agencies and lawmakers keep sending Central Asia to different policy boxes, hampering a united response to Beijing’s westward push. Congress has shuffled oversight of the five republics across committees that focus alternately on Europe, the Asia‑Pacific, the Middle East and South Asia, a rotation that has continued through four recent congressional sessions. Those moves aren’t just administrative housekeeping. They signal uncertainty about how the United States

6 days ago2 min read

Kazakhstan’s Oil Windfall From Middle East Fighting Raises Risks For Local Economy

Kazakhstan is collecting larger petrodollar inflows as turmoil around Iran pushes global crude prices higher, but the immediate boost to state revenue could deepen structural problems that leave ordinary households worse off. The recent spike in export receipts is easing budget pressures, yet it also strengthens the tenge and makes non-energy industries less competitive, a pattern economists call Dutch disease. For people in regional towns who rely on manufacturing and farmin

Andrej Botka

6 days ago2 min read

Kazakhstan Confirms Continued Participation In OPEC+ Despite UAE Exit

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said Wednesday it will remain inside the OPEC+ framework even after the United Arab Emirates announced it will leave the group at the start of next month, a move that surprised some market watchers and domestic critics. Officials in Astana framed the choice as pragmatic: the government doesn’t plan to change how it coordinates crude output with the alliance for now. OPEC+ links full OPEC members with other producers to manage supply levels and sta

nataliasmirnova5

May 72 min read

Sotheby’s Auction Shines Light on Central Asia’s Artistic Treasures

Sotheby's Shines Spotlight on Central Asian Art and Heritage. Explore the curated auction featuring artifacts from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The event highlighted ancient Silk Road textiles, traditional jewelry, and rare manuscripts, marking rising international interest in the region's rich cultural legacy.

anzhelika17

Nov 6, 20251 min read