Kyrgyzstan: China Seeks “Silk Road” on Rails
Copyright show: No Kyrgyzstan’s president-to-be, Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev, and his political allies seem intent on calibrating the cash-strapped country’s foreign policy so that it aligns...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: China Expanding Influence, One Student at a Time
Copyright show: No Among its Central Asian neighbors, China these days is more often feared than loved.read more
View ArticleUzbekistan: A Peek Inside an SCO Anti-Terrorism Center
Copyright show: No The building that houses the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure is in a walled compound in the center of the Uzbek...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Garment Industry Is a Bright Spot in Gray Area
Copyright show: No On a main thoroughfare in central Bishkek stands a rare type of building in Kyrgyzstan these days: a busy factory. Women hunched over long tables can be seen from the street working...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Economic Nationalism Threatens to Choke Chinese Trade
Copyright show: No A surge of economic nationalism is making life uncomfortable for Chinese companies working in Kyrgyzstan. Faced with obstacles to trade and investment in the restive republic,...
View ArticleCentral Asia: What is China’s Policy Driver?
Copyright show: No China is increasingly active in Central Asia, building pipelines and infrastructure projects, as well as expanding its diplomatic and cultural presence in the region.read more
View ArticleCentral Asia: Report Looks at China’s Role in Central Asia
Copyright show: No China may have been able to carve out quickly a large economic role for itself in Central Asia, but it will take a lot more than money for Beijing to solve some of its geopolitical...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: China Muscles into Energy Market, Fueling Suspicion
Copyright show: No China is financing the construction of Kyrgyzstan’s first major oil refinery, and excitement is building in Bishkek that the facility could enable the Central Asian nation to break...
View ArticleTurkmenistan Draws Attention to Gas-Expansion Plans
Copyright show: No Last week, Turkmenistan’s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, gathered regional leaders in his marble capital ostensibly to mark Navruz, the Persian New Year. But he seemed more...
View ArticleGeorgia: Chinese Investment Tests Limits of Georgian Hospitality
Copyright show: No A $150-million-plus Chinese real estate and tourism deal that is slated for a suburb of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, is creating a quandary for many Georgians. The project is feeding...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Is Chinese Investment Really Win-Win?
Copyright show: No With Westerners now leery of investing in Kyrgyzstan, it is perhaps inevitable that officials in Bishkek turn to China as they try to attract capital for infrastructure development....
View ArticleDespite Wariness, China-Russia Relations Warming
Copyright show: Hide copyrights They share a border running 4,300 kilometers, but have long been divided by mistrust. read more
View ArticleCentral Asia: China Flexes Political and Economic Muscle
Copyright show: No Chinese President Xi Jinping is wrapping up a 10-day tour through Central Asia, having vacuumed up energy resources while digging into Beijing’s deep pockets to dispense largess and...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Can Chinese Cash Glue the Region Together?
Copyright show: No China is striving to forge Central Asia into a streamlined conduit for its regional trade and energy ambitions. But Beijing is finding that domestic insecurity and fractious...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Global Energy Shifts Threaten To Leave Russia In The Lurch
Copyright show: Hide copyrights A shiny new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is set to open in the Polish port of Swinoujscie next year. read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Striving to Protect Snow Leopards
Copyright show: No “It’s more than just tying a camera to a rock,” said Koustubh Sharma, instructing conservationists in Kyrgyzstan how to monitor snow leopards with motion-triggered photo and video...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan’s Famous Bazaar Facing Choice; Toward Russia or China?
Copyright show: No Kelechek, a dusty new settlement on the fringes of Central Asia’s largest bazaar, is brimming with doubt. The village’s name means “future” in Kyrgyz, but residents aren’t sure it...
View ArticleRussia and China Talk Past Each Other at SCO Pow-wow
Copyright show: No Aside from a famously bland brand of diplomatic rhetoric, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization represents the only major Eurasian club that caters to both Russian and Chinese...
View ArticleIs Turkmenistan Losing Iran as a Gas Customer?
Copyright show: No It appears Turkmenistan is about to lose its second-best customer for natural gas, Iran. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on August 11 that his country no longer...
View ArticleTajikistan: Under China’s Economic Thumb
Copyright show: No Driving south from Dushanbe, it seems there’s a Chinese investment story at every turn. But as cash pours in from Tajikistan’s powerful neighbor to the East, local concerns are...
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