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Written by Jeffrey Mankoff

Published: 11 May 2020

The State Department released its updated strategy for Central Asia last month, a relatively short document that is mostly taken up with reiterating traditional U.S. priorities in the region.

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Written by CHRIS MILLER

Published: 16 March 2020

The oil price crash is an existential threat to petrostates from Nigeria to Iran, where governments rely on oil wealth to stabilize power and pay off competing interests.

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Written by Yuan Jiang

Published: 26 January 2020

 Russia’s invitation for India to link up with Eurasian Economic Union recalls the SCO expansion saga.

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Written by Nick Coleman, James Leech

Published: 23 December 2019

Three decades after gaining independence, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan face a growing struggle convincing investors and markets of the potential for significant new oil opportunities in the Caspian region.

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Written by Ben Aris

Published: 29 November 2019

Tajikistan spent all the proceeds from its first ever eurobond on the giant Rogun hydropower dam. It is still consuming a quarter of the budget each year.

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Written by Ben Aris

Published: 29 November 2019

Central Asia needs more 500kV loops in order to share power between the countries of the region.

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Written by Sam Bhutia

Published: 22 November 2019

 The EAEU is shopping for partners in Asia. Middle finger to the West or sound trade policy?

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Written by bne IntelliNews

Published: 10 November 2019

One of the more remarkable occurrences in Central Asian politics this year was the sight of thousands of Kazakhs taking to the streets to protest at the shoo-in, far from democratic election of longtime president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s handpicked successor Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev in early June.

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Written by Tamara Vaal

Published: 08 October 2019

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday ordered an investigation into former senior officials who initiated a struggling $1.5 billion Chinese-led project to build a light rail network in the capital.