Trying to bring to life a regional partnership in Central Asia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit was motivated by geopolitics and migration – and the Taliban.

Central Asian states continue to navigate a difficult geopolitical terrain, in no small part because of the region’s large neighbors – China and Russia – and their relationships with the West.

Given these geopolitical conditions and a general lack of economic development, the region is likely to remain a nexus for civil strife and power struggles for years to come. Central Asia's Crisis of ...

Except for the Tajiks, who speak a dialect of Persian, the rest of Central Asia is Turkic. A great deal has been written about declining birth rates and their consequences for the world economy ...

Central Asia will play an increasingly important role in the international arena, influenced by China’s expanding economic presence, Russia’s geopolitical initiatives and key projects like the Middle ...

Central Asia’s water crisis is a global issue with serious implications for trade, food security, migration, and geopolitical stability. As a key producer of crops such as wheat and cotton ...

The world will most likely navigate along the unknown waters of unpredictability in 2025 with three powerful men making disruptive decisions and taking risky actions, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and ...