Afghanistan’s trade remained resilient in 2025 despite repeated closures of key border crossings with Pakistan, commerce ministry data showed, as exporters and importers increasingly relied on ...

By Carly Brant & Sean Kearin Central Asia A Chinese government regulatory agency has issued draft guidelines for the ...

By announcing new investments in Central Asia, Japan is entering a crowded field of competition and must prove the advantages ...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, a shared Persianate cultural heritage did not translate into Iranian influence in Central ...

Donald Trump’s renewed focus on critical minerals has returned Central Asia to the U.S. strategic agenda, highlighted by a ...

The region needs to overcome four key structural challenges: lack of access to the sea, low level of development of the financial sector, lack of water and energy coordination, and climate change. The ...

If 2025 proved Central Asia's strategic connectivity in a contested world, 2026 will test if it is a resilient, predictable ...

Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues -- from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and ...

Chinese and Gulf capital are driving Central Asia’s renewable energy build-out through distinct but intersecting investment strategies.

Rising repayment pressures are narrowing fiscal space and testing the sustainability of the region’s development model.

The company’s Kounrad operation produced 3.48 thousand tonnes of copper in Q4, 9% higher than expected. This brought full-year 2025 copper production to 13.3 thousand tonnes, within the company’s ...