Crossroads Asia

The critical Kyrgyz gold mine, according to its ousted Canadian owners, is apparently pouring less gold than planned. 

The Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan doesn’t materially affect the dim prospects that TAPI will be built any time soon.

"This process is the same in Kazakhstan as it is for other countries around the world," a Meta spokesman told Reuters.

In giving the Kazakh government direct access to identify content as problematic, Facebook is empowering an autocratic government to further police what its citizens say. 

Mongolia’s engagement with the U.N. is a microcosm of its foreign policy post-independence.

Addressing the problems Kyrgyz citizens name as their biggest concerns is arguably the only way to sustain trust.

Kaspi plans an expansion into Ukraine, friendly elite provide a banking license.

In its fourth year, the FemAgora festival adopts an unabashed cyberfeminist approach to activism.

Several reports in October underscore the persistent growth of Chinese security engagement in Tajikistan.

In general, Uzbekistan is positively predisposed toward engaging non-regional powers. But there are some challenges to increasing EU-Uzbekistan ties.

European leaders concerned with Afghanistan’s security situation may see Tajikistan as a useful partner to limit refugee flows to Europe.

The OSCE election monitoring mission says reforms under Mirziyoyev "have not yet resulted in a genuinely pluralistic environment."