The cannabis traces found at Jirzankal Cemetery in the Pamir Mountains had unusually high concentrations of THC.

On the eastern side of Central Asia is the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Some people will also include Afghanistan as part of Central Asia. Very often, this area is also referred to as Inner Asia.

We also heard Dastan Kasmamytov, a gay activist from Kyrgyzstan, talk about his campaign to increase the visibility of queer people in Central Asia by raising a rainbow flag on the world’s ...

In contrast to India’s well-established bilateral security engagements with Central Asian states, China has been less active ...

Economic, political, and environmental trends are accelerating Central Asia’s shift to EVs, and Chinese firms are at the ...

By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian ...

China's strategic relationship with Central Asia has grown expansively over the past decade, symbolized by both the 1996 founding of the "Shanghai Five," which in June 2001 became the Shanghai ...

Central Asian countries have generously sheltered thousands of people fleeing war, persecution, or human rights violations. UNHCR established offices in Central Asia in response to the 1992-93 civil ...

In 2024, Central Asia enjoyed economic growth and avoided conflicts despite the ongoing war in nearby Ukraine. The year was characterised by frequent meetings of the five presidents in the ...