Russia's recent upgrade to ties with the Taliban have been followed by Indian overtures. China is already circling. “The ...

The visit signalled the region’s continued importance to Moscow. In response to Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war, trade and investment between Russia and Central Asian countries ...

Regardless of what ultimately happens with this story, the fact of the matter is that Russia’s position around the world—even ...

According to a World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2024, Uzbekistan ranked 78th out of the 119 ...

Like Ukraine, the former Soviet states of Central Asia could soon face Russian incursions if the West continues to let Putin ...

I speak to people all the time who just tell me that Türkiye would be a fantastic country, so I never had any doubts that it ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced plans to hold a summit with Arab League states later this year as ...

But after a visit to Moscow in April 2024 ... forces to protect its regional Belt and Road projects and establishing the China–Central Asia Mechanism, a Russia-free forum for promoting regional ...

The head of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov made an interesting statement regarding friendship with Russia.

The visit signalled ... But as Russia tries to reaffirm its role in the region, China has also been quietly expanding its influence. Could this growing competition over Central Asia affect Beijing ...

But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

What Afghanistan offers is simple but game-changing: it cuts travel time between Russia and South Asia from 30 days down to just 12. At the 2025 “Russia–Central Asia” summit, agreements were ...