Crossroads Asia

The resilience and continued survival of Mongolian democracy is a testament that democracy can endure in hard places.

The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to micromanage the industry.

The Trump administration’s decision to suspend the U.S. global air quality monitoring program complicates matters in far-away Tajikistan.

With one year left until the targeted WTO membership deadline, what could success bring?

But a proposed increase from 1.4 million tons to 2.2 million tons is just a drop in the bucket compared to the volumes Kazakhstan exports via Russia-based pipelines. 

The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are expected to meet for their first-ever trilateral summit on March 31.

The medieval Mongol archive, dating from the 13th century, had a profound influence on French maps and exploration.

Kazakhstan was among the original 50 states that signed and ratified the treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons in 2018. 

Kazakhstan, as Central Asia’s largest economy, has a vested interest in ensuring that Afghanistan is integrated into regional economic frameworks.

Battsetseg Batmunkh’s visit paves the way for an even bigger event to come: Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s visit to Mongolia this summer.

The effort, however, comes at a time when major global powers – namely the U.S. – are pivoting away from the kind of U.N.-centered cooperative framework envisioned by Astana.

Dushanbe’s parliamentary polls, held on March 2, took place without external scrutiny and turned up an expected landslide for the ruling party.