Crossroads Asia

While Kazakhstan has the potential to be an influential player in the global grain economy, it needs to first overcome domestic and logistic challenges.

Regional integration is often touted as a logical solution to problems like food insecurity, but it won’t necessarily solve a region-wide problem.

If the necessary policies are implemented, the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060 is ambitious, but achievable.

One of the major takeaways was the partial privatization of some state-owned enterprises in a bid to attract foreign investment.

Less than half of Central Asians labor migrants are ready to return to their home countries a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project seems to have far more going against it than pushing in its favor.

After recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic shockwave, Kazakhstan will see its growth prospects take a hit due to reverberations from the war in Ukraine.

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have both sent planeloads of humanitarian aid -- largely medicine and food -- to Ukraine.

The voice of the youth and their peaceful protests have historical resonance for Mongolia’s democracy.

Battered by the pandemic, the tourism industry is critical to post-pandemic economic recovery in Uzbekistan.

The resolution to expel Russia passed, but the region’s vote against it highlights the difficulty and complexity of Central Asia's position. 

Mere weeks after reappointing his father’s cabinet, the younger Berdimuhamedov has begun to make some personnel changes.