Last year, the EU’s meeting with Central Asian leaders followed their summit with Putin; this year it trailed their meeting with Xi. In recent years, the EU has shifted how it views Central Asia.

The fact that Trump would pick up the phone to talk to Tokayev suggests that Kazakhstan could play a role as an actor in the ...

The prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met to discuss economic cooperation and resolve border disputes. The resolution of these disputes paves the way for increased cross ...

A major step in advancing strategic engagement occurred at the inaugural EU–Central Asia leaders’ summit in April 2024 in Uzbekistan, where Central Asian leaders and senior EU officials formalised the ...

South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik (3rd from L) poses with his Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tajik and Uzbek ...

What Central Asia truly needs from the United States is a competent, clearly articulated strategy that is consistently implemented at the ground level. The leaders of the regional states are ...