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A block train is moving via Kazakhstan. Uzbekistan’s freight rail operator announced that Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan will facilitate the passage of the first China-Iran block train as part of a plan to start regular rail shipments via the China-Central Asia-Iran transport corridor. (Photo: gov.kz)

China using Central Asia as pass-through for shady trade with Iran

Sep 11, 2026

Sealed train slated to arrive in Iran by late September.

UN expert cautions Tajikistan on fiscal practices

S7+ Sep 8, 2026

More transparency, public participation needed.

Uzbekistan downgrading its nuclear cooperation with Russia

Sep 4, 2026

Rosatom appears on outs with Tashkent.

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Uzbekistan offers cash to convert guest workers into entrepreneurs

Sep 10, 2026

Trying to lure labor migrants back home.

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan tightening requirements for foreign visitors

Sep 9, 2026

Russia’s rumored mobilization seen as catalyst for changes.

Kazakhstan claims victory amid confusing medal count at Nomad Games

Sep 8, 2026

Reconciling big discrepancy.

US officials shake up anti-American SCO summit narrative

Sep 1, 2026

Surprise appearance in Bishkek.

A construction crew digs a tunnel for a road in Azerbaijan that is expected to connect to TRIPP. Construction works in Armenia are not expected to start until at least 2027. (Photo: gov.az)

Start date for TRIPP trade corridor connecting Armenia and Azerbaijan pushed back

Sep 10, 2026

Iran makes threat that complicates negotiations.

Kyrgyz horseback archer Eleonora Jumakanova. (Photo: Alexander Thompson/Eurasianet)

Inside World Nomad Games with tenacious women horseback archers of Kyrgyzstan

Alexander Thompson Sep 9, 2026

Nationalist beginnings give way to real competition.

Central Asia

Turkmenistan tackling methane leak problem

Tajik soldiers during a border security training. Stray gunfire during an August 13, 2026, firefight near the Afghan-Tajik border killed a woman inside Tajikistan. (Photo: Sgt. Ty McNeeley/Wikimedia/Creative Commons)

Taliban facing constant challenge to authority in provinces bordering Central Asian states

Four Central Asian states experienced a blackout on August 14, which highlighted shortcomings in the regional power distribution system. (Photo: gov.kz)

Origin of recent Central Asian blackout pinpointed

A freight truck crosses the Ak-Tilek border checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border. (Photo: gov.kg)

Regional trade among Central Asian states shows growth

Kyrgyz journalists affiliated with the Temirov Live YouTube channel stand in a defendants’ cage during their trial in 2024. They were later convicted in what rights groups characterized as a crushing blow to press freedom. (Photo: Amnesty International, courtesy photo)

Activists call for more attention to human rights concerns in Central Asia

The leaders of the five Central Asian states and Azerbaijan met in Kyrgyzstan for both official meetings and informal communication. (Photo: president.uz)

Central Asian states & Azerbaijan create roadmap for cooperation

A graffiti in Tbilisi in support of Georgia’s EU membership. (Photo: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY 2.0, n9.cl/c73vc)

As Georgians back West, their leaders lean East – polling data

A demonstrator waved an American flag as she marched down Petre Melikishvili Street toward the parliament on May 26, 2026. Many demonstrators who participate in the daily protests against the Georgian Dream government remain resolved but say that burnout is getting to them. (Photo: Alexander Thompson/Eurasianet)

Tbilisi protests pass 500 days with no end in sight: ‘What choice do we have?’

While most Georgians support closer ties with the EU, the Georgian Dream-dominated government is moving in the opposite direction. (Photo: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY-ND 2.0, n9.cl/j0gfs9)

Georgian government running out of friends in Brussels

The president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou Jianguo (right), and his Kazakh counterpart, Akhylbek Kurishbayev, shake hands in Beijing on August 18 after agreeing to expand cooperation on AI in several areas. (Photo: gov.kz)

US effort to pressure Central Asian states on AI development falling flat

Containers are being processed at the Khorgos Gateway, a massive dry port on the Chinese-Kazakh border and a critical hub of the Middle Corridor. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have been identified in a recently published Trump Administration white paper as countries that are aiding China’s efforts to evade US trade restrictions. (Photo: gov.kz)

Report accuses Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan of scamming United States

Jacob Helberg (left), U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, shakes hands with Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, at the signing ceremony for Kazakhstan’s official accession to the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative in Washington, D.C. on June 25, 2026. Three weeks later, Kazakhstan became a founding member in the Chinese-led World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization that is w

News Analysis: Kazakhstan in pickle created by US-China AI race

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (center), his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon (right), and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi talk informally during the SCO summit. Despite a multitude of bilateral and multilateral meetings, the summit produced no big announcements or viral moments. (Photo: president.tj)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit comes up short on achievements

Uzbekistan and China launched a joint hyperspectral satellite, Samarkand-2028, on August 5. (Photo: Uzcosmos)

China expanding scientific cooperation with Central Asia

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (left) speaks with a Chinese entrepreneurs at the Andijan Industrial Hub. The number of Chinese-Uzbek joint ventures and wholly owned Chinese companies working in Uzbekistan has seen explosive growth. (Photo: president.uz)

China expands its presence in Uzbekistan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meeting in Bishkek on August 31. (Photo: president.uz)

Putin seems peeved with Uzbekistan

A tugboat pushes a cargo barge along the Irtysh River. (Photo: gov.ru)

River trade route to Arctic ports getting new look from China, Russia and Kazakhstan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks in parliament on August 24, presenting his government’s strategic action plan for 2026-2031, in which Russia is no longer mentioned as a strategic partner. (Photo: primeminister.am)

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