Snowfall shortages are now destabilizing some of the world’s last resilient glaciers, as shown by a new study in Tajikistan’s ...

This definition, in fact, reflects the approach of The Diplomat, which uses an expanded version of Central Asia, or the crossroads of Asia, that is more in line with traditional Islamic geography.

From the Great Game to the final frontier, Central Asia takes on new importance in a rapidly shrinking world.

Russia’s geography—landlocked on the plains of central Eurasia, with few natural defenses—has not really changed since 1547, when the 16-year-old Ivan the Terrible made himself tsar.

Central Asia has been an important crossroads of cultural exchange throughout history, but studies of the area are lacking and many sources of ...

The developments of 2023 have paved the way for Central Asia to return to its historic role as a Eurasian crossroads after 150 years of north–south orientation under Russian hegemony, writes Richard ...

When it comes to Central Asia, people will think of many colors: the yellow of vast deserts, the black of rich oil reserves, and the white of cotton fields. Particularly in Uzbekistan, at the heart of ...

India engages Central Asia through its Extended Neighbourhood Policy. In 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened the India–Central Asia Summit with his counterparts from Kazakhstan, ...

However, unregulated interstate relations in Central Asia, the lack of political will to cooperate with leaders of neighboring countries and the combination of external and internal threats have ...