After the Soviet Union collapsed, Pakistan envisioned itself as a gateway between landlocked Central Asia and the Arabian Sea. Islamabad offered loans, built infrastructure partnerships, and planned a ...

EADaily, . We were part of the Soviet Union, and it is impossible to erase it. Abdulla Rasulov, Doctor of Historical Sciences ...

What if I told you people in Uzbekistan wear their savings in their mouths? In Uzbekistan, gold teeth are everywhere. Walk through any market and you'll see older women smiling with full gold grills.

Central Asia’s water deficit is reaching the crisis point, according to a new report published by the Washington-based New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy. Central Asian governments need to ...

Economist Robert Barro has questioned the necessity of fighting a war in this country to end slavery. In this week's Friday ...

An adult male Amur tiger walks in the snow of Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve in the Russian Far East.

Bangladesh has emerged as a crucial geostrategic node in the changing landscape of great-power interests, says Sayeed ...

In recent months, Russian officials have begun openly discussing a labor shortage. The implication is curious: in a country ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

The global system governing nuclear disarmament is facing its most serious crisis in decades, driven by growing mistrust ...

The decision to arm Tajikistan’s border troops comes after months of cross-border attacks, but the CSTO’s track record gives ...