For more than three decades, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations network has provided billions of euros of crucial funding to civil society organisations across...
Tag - Kyrgyzstan
The 23 countries of emerging Europe and the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan make use of many sub-regional...
Soft connectivity challenges, not hard infrastructure needs, are the greatest challenge to sustainable trade between Europe and Central Asia. Trade volumes between the...
The countries of Central Asia are eager to capitalise on their strategic location but need investment from capital-rich donors. In mid-July the heads of state of...
As governments and civil society organisations in the region work to fight illicit financial flows, recent geopolitical developments have made that important work...
Russia is making common cause with Iran and its Persian Gulf neighbours in a bid to kickstart the much touted ‘new world order’, albeit at the risk of becoming entirely...
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election as president of Turkey last month means the country is set to continue its engagement with the South Caucasus and Central Asia...
Central Asian leaders recently convened in Xi’an to announce an unprecedented number of agreements with China. Deepening ties with Beijing come as other international...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
While the Taliban has few fans in the capitals of Central Asia, the region has been increasingly open to diplomatic engagement with the unrecognised rulers of...
While Nowruz is commonly known as Persian New Year, this ancient holiday is celebrated by groups from the Balkans to East Africa to South and Central Asia. We look at...
