14 Sep 2026
Articles
1405-06-02 07:50:14
U.S. foreign policy in Central Asia in the second half of the 2020s should be understood not as a classical strategy of domination, but as a “networked, low-cost, anti-monopoly, and geo-economic” strategy; a strategy whose primary objective is to shape ...
The starting point was Kazakhstan’s accession to the Abraham Accords in November 2025. This development is reinforced by concrete figures: Kazakhstan’s trade turnover with Israel reached $162 million ...
30 Jul 2026 - 11:58
As a result of the recent wars imposed on Iran by the United States and the Zionist regime, including the 12-Day War and the Ramadan War, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. maritime ...
15 Jul 2026 - 13:57
The Silk Seven Plus (S7+) initiative should be regarded as the latest version of the policy of “regionalization through connectivity” across the space linking Central Asia, Afghanistan, and South Asia;...
18 Jun 2026 - 10:46
In recent years, major fundamental developments such as the emergence of a new generation of leaders, the war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia, regional convergence and increased multilateralism,...
7 Jun 2026 - 12:10
The achievements of the Iranian President’s recent visit to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan were quite significant at the political and functional levels. However, the most important output of this constructive ...
18 Jan 2026 - 10:25
The inescapable reality following the C5+1 leaders’ summit is that the level of relations between the United States and Central Asia has been upgraded. However, another aspect of this reality is that ...
30 Nov 2025 - 13:16
A sensitive look at Central Asia's return to Bagram; a cost-benefit analysis, the escalating competition between major players, and the consequences that are worth saving and rereading.
19 Nov 2025 - 10:30
Kazakhstan’s model for designing nuclear cooperation with foreign partners — and its simultaneous collaboration with two major neighboring powers, China and Russia —can be seen as an effort by the country ...
22 Oct 2025 - 13:14
The impact of the regime's and America's aggression against Iran for Central Asian transit routes, examining the roots of regional assessments, analyzing the West's role in the magnified crisis, and the ...
26 Aug 2025 - 13:17
Central Asia remains in a state of constant concern over security developments in South Asia. This persistent anxiety and perception of threat could, in the medium term, undermine the viability of geo-...
19 May 2025 - 11:33
The Iran-Tajikistan relationship presents several opportunities and challenges. The opportunities include the presence of a large majority of Persian-speaking and Iranian-origin populations, as well as ...
5 Mar 2025 - 12:07
General orientation of Trump’s foreign policy towards Central Asia reflects levels of both continuity and change in the region. The prominent feature of this strategy is its “pragmatism,” which could ...
28 Dec 2024 - 12:14
Reports show that the level of military and defense cooperation of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with the West, especially the United States, has increased. This increase is beyond what is announced in official ...
20 Jul 2024 - 11:11
Afghanistan's security-oriented approach, which was at its peak during Hamid Karzai rule, was officially abandoned when Ashraf Ghani took office, and it was replaced by an economic-oriented foreign policy....
10 Feb 2024 - 10:46
The fact is that before this, Russia and in some limited cases, China, were the main suppliers of weapons and defense equipment to Central Asian countries. Other suppliers, if any, were present in non-...
17 Jan 2024 - 13:34
Central Asia is currently seeking to maximize its military and defense power, by using non-Russian capabilities. Meanwhile, many foreign players such as Turkey, India, Pakistan and some western countries ...
30 Nov 2023 - 08:26
The Interior Minister of Pakistan announced that the plan to transfer the members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to areas far from the Pakistan border has been finalized by the Afghan Taliban government....
6 Aug 2023 - 10:17
The relations between Tehran and Tashkent have experienced a growing trend in recent years. However, trade exchanges of less than one billion dollars, and the lack of mutual strategic dependencies can ...
19 Jun 2023 - 14:22
The 9th summit of Turkic-speaking countries which was held in the form of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit on November 11 and 12, 2022 in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, had remarkable ...
31 Dec 2022 - 13:53
The United States’ strategic approach towards cooperation with the Central Asian countries is a combination of two strategic benefits. It means, while Washington is pursuing the grand strategy of connecting ...
16 Oct 2021 - 12:56
Strategies for Enhancing the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Non-Pashtun Ethnic Groups to Reduce Migration
Analysis of developments in Afghanistan, from March 2024 to March 2025
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