A recent European study on sustainable transport connections with Central Asia concluded that the Central Trans-Caspian Network (CTCN), crossing southern Kazakhstan, provides the “most sustainable ...

For the first time in its 13-year history, Transgender Europe’s (TGEU) annual map tracking trans rights in Europe and Central Asia showed a regression of rights across both continents. The map is ...

Europe is stepping in not as a replacement but as an additional partner to the region—one that offers access to markets, investments, sustainable technologies, and geopolitical balance. For much of ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered an unprecedented reshuffling of Eurasian geopolitics, and Central Asia is a testbed for emerging strategic shifts. A number of external powers are vying for ...

A Central Asia-Caucasus-European Corridor (CACE) would reinvigorate historic trade routes and improve regional energy security. American and European interests call for secure and sustained economic ...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan have signed an MOU with the Asian Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to establish a framework for exporting renewable energy to Europe.

The first summit between leaders of the EU and the five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I believe our ...

Economic activity in Europe and Central Asia region is likely to remain subdued in 2023 due to the continuing repercussions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, high inflation and higher interest rates.