This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

For the first time in the 13-year history of the organisation behind the Trans Rights Index & Map, the 2025 edition reveals ...

Western media have historically neglected Central Asia as a region, and it is even hard to find information on female ...

India s history is dappled with the wreck of empires Kingdoms have sporadically risen here expanded and fallen reshaping with them the region s culture and uniqueness Historian Thomas Lessman who has ...

Can Central Asian states continue their multi-vector diplomacy, or will they be forced to choose between the U.S. and China?

Dr. Janko Šćepanović of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) wrote “The Sheriff and the Banker: Russia and ...

The EU wants to build ties with countries in Central Asia, where Russia and China have historically dominated. So far, its ...

The EU clearly hopes to use its capital, but also its standards and expertise to offer an alternative to Central Asia, where Russian and Chinese influence have traditionally dominated. As such ...

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 ...

China's strategic relationship with Central Asia has grown expansively over the past decade, symbolized by both the 1996 founding of the "Shanghai Five," which in June 2001 became the Shanghai ...

An international genomics study led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) at the ...