Map: The Economist The Turkic world bridges ... Turkish contractors built most of Astana’s skyline, including the biggest mosque in Central Asia and the arena where the Nomad Games’ opening ...
Not only in Tajikistan but in the rest of the “Belt and Road cities” across South and Central Asia, the Chinese presence was notable and poignant. Although often limited to infrastructure ...
Bangladesh is busy reforming institutions after an uprising in July and August ended Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. As VOA’s Sarah Zaman reports from Dhaka, Hasina’s brutal ...
But it is also one of the few areas in which Western countries can, in the short term, honor their pledge to deepen ties with Central Asia -- a region whose strategic stock has gone up since ...
Recently, Russia inked a deal with Uzbekistan to build Central Asia’s first nuclear power plant. According to the Kremlin, Rosatom will build up to six nuclear reactors with a capacity of 55 ...