A recent Tajik government report on living standards indicates that many households are hovering on the edge of the poverty ...

The Asian Development Bank is on a spending spree in Central Asia, authorizing billions in support for states in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin. The bank’s primary aim appears to be stimulating ...

The drone strikes in Nakhchivan have exposed limits to Aliyev’s approach, as Iran’s defensive strategy appears to be to spread destruction and economic disruption as far and wide as possible with its ...

Taliban militants patrol the streets of Kabul. The recent ISKP attack in the Afghan capital laid bare Taliban’s limited capacity to provide security and added to the uncertainty surrounding ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan are on edge, worried that TRIPP potentially could be upended by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Hoping to shield against any spillover, Yerevan and Baku are staking out cautious ...

Largely overlooked because of the burgeoning conflict in the Middle East, “open war” has erupted between Pakistan and ...

Kazakhstan will hold a referendum on March 15 on the adoption of a new constitution. More than a technical legal reform, the vote represents a test of the country’s institutions, political culture, ...

The ongoing confrontation demonstrates Armenia’s broader geopolitical recalibration and growing concerns within Yerevan that ...

At a March 2 news conference in Yerevan, Khalil Shirgholami, the Iranian envoy to Armenia, cautioned that the US-Israeli attack on Iran can heighten the chances of renewed instability in the Caucasus.

The arrest of a private driving school director in Bishkek has turned what authorities describe as a road-safety reform ...

Construction of all five tram lines is projected to be completed by 2030. In addition to creating the tram network, authorities will upgrade suburban railways connecting Baku with locations on the ...

225 miles upstream from where the Aral Sea used to be: Water gurgles out of sprinklers, coaxing thick tufts of marigold and hibiscus from the loamy soil before pooling on the hot cement sidewalks.