Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved to become the star ...

Today, the CCA region is experiencing rapid development, with venture capital investments increasing 5.5 times over the past five years, outpacing the growth seen in the Nordic countries. This surge ...

The Central Asian countries are caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and it showed in their most recent UNGA speeches.

China’s growing footprint in South and Central Asia has been made possible by the influx of grants, loans, mergers, and economic concessions for projects. In the middle of the Pamir mountains ...

Migration is an ongoing development challenge in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), which is currently home to 100 million migrants, accounting for one-third of the world’s migration population. Driven by ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood.

An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. Around 150 years ago, the Dungan people migrated from China to Central Asia. In 1862, this majority-Muslim ethnic ...

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2024—Economic growth in the developing economies of the Europe and Central Asia region is stabilizing after a series of crises but at levels well below the early-2000s, says ...

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 ...

With the stakes high, the Kremlin will no doubt be expecting its energy-strapped partners in Central Asia to play ball, with Uzbekistan already signed up for a small Rosatom-built nuclear power ...

Comprehensive data and readily available data can guide the development of policies, targeted interventions, funding, and ...

Participants attend the Industrial Green Development Forum at the 11th China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Oct 26, 2024.