Central Asia

A pandemic-related influx of Pakistani and other South Asian travelers mixed with Afghanistan worries to produce a xenophobic backlash on social media.

Iran’s full membership in the Shanghai Corporation Organization has become a perceived necessity for Tehran’s foreign policy goals. But will it actually help?

An Iranian perspective on how far China and Iran can take their defense ties.

The Interior Ministry justified the wiretaps as part of investigations into the October 2020 unrest.

By virtue of geography, Dushanbe is a critical actor in the international community’s ongoing engagement with Afghanistan.

Tokyo and Nur-Sultan share a commitment to nuclear non-proliferation rooted in their first-hand experiences with the trauma of nuclear weapons.

Both countries have been willing to take some Afghan refugees in, but only temporarily. 

In the first half of 2021, there were more strikes in Kazakhstan than in the entire 2018 to 2020 period.

Activists in Nur-Sultan are working to protect a reservoir from destruction, but can they be successful?

Japarov signed the bill passed by the parliament last month, but many questions remain about how it will be implemented.

After talks with Pakistan’s foreign minister, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon stressed the need for an inclusive Afghan government, particularly including ethnic Tajiks.

Putin is warning of “militants under the guise of refugees” in an effort to dissuade Central Asian states from cooperating with U.S. evacuation efforts.