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 ...

A research team led by Prof. An Zhisheng and Prof. Zhou Weijian from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese ...

Lake Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake in arid Central Asia that is vital to the region's ecological sustainability and socio-economic development. Climate change and anthropogenic water consumption led ...

Consider parts of the Middle East, for instance. The UAE faces extremely limited freshwater resources. Similarly, Kazakhstan, located thousands of kilometres away in Central Asia, has vast arid and ...

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 ...

Conflict has redrawn the global aviation map, forcing airlines to fly alternative routes which increase their CO2 emissions ...

The indicators of the YHC profile have increased our understanding of aeolian sediment accumulation processes and portrayed a crucial pathway for dust transfer from arid Central Asia to the east.

ASTANA — Investment ties among Central Asian countries continue to strengthen. By the end of the first half of 2024, intraregional accumulated investments in the region Asia grew by 40% over a year ...

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 ...

The Trump administration signals it will likely continue the B5+1 initiative started under the Biden administration to improve trade relations with Central Asia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, various analytical portals have published a significant number of materials arguing that Russia’s influence in Central Asia is declining. These narratives ...

Only through joint efforts can we achieve sustainable progress in gender equality,” said Balayeva. Central Asia’s role in advancing gender equality The meeting served as a precursor to the 69th ...