Tajikistan

For the Pamiris, the prospects of benefiting from trade and development are dim, rather the populace will almost certainly lose their agency.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the five Central Asian presidents are expected to all attend the summit in Astana.

Central Asia must be viewed not merely as a gateway to Eurasia, but as a strategically significant region in its own right, central to India's long-term geopolitical and economic vision. 

Whether Trump 2.0 becomes a turning point or a missed chance will rest on Central Asia’s willingness to lead, adapt, and forge partnerships on its own terms in an increasingly complex and multipolar world.

The new requirement essentially upends the visa-free regime for Central Asian countries, which are severely dependent on labor migration to Russia.

The implementation of the new law is expected to be rife with technical issues and human rights violations.

Rustam Emomali is also the chair of Tajikistan’s National Assembly and the son of the country's president. His recent trip to Moscow is stirring talk, once again, of dynastic transition.

While protests against Canadian mines, or Russian businesses, occur in Central Asia, “Chinese projects overwhelmingly receive the vast majority of hostility.”

Can Central Asian states continue their multi-vector diplomacy, or will they be forced to choose between the U.S. and China?

A 2018 amendment had opened the door to criminal prosecution, and up to 15 years in jail, for “liking” or reacting online with an emoji to content deemed to be extremist.

While it is unclear who stands behind the push to cancel the event, it is another sign of the deterioration of press freedom in the region.