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Tajikistan and China Sign New Agreements
AnalysisAnalysis13 May

Tajikistan and China Sign New Agreements β€” What Dushanbe Is Getting, and What It Is Giving Up

The latest round of bilateral deals deepens an already significant dependency. The question is whether Tajikistan had a better option.

Delays And Rising Costs: Central Asia Feels Fallout From Iran War
EconomyBrief8 May

Delays And Rising Costs: Central Asia Feels Fallout From Iran War

As expected, the launching of US and Israeli air strikes on Iran -- and retaliatory strikes by Tehran on targets in the Mideast -- has hit the economies of the region. But the shockwaves are arguably being felt just as much in Central Asian nations who rely on goods flowing through Iran.

Kyrgyz Republic monument with regional flags.
EconomyBrief7 May

Trade and Economic Park Planned at Border of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

On May 6, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov visited the Dostuk Stele (Friendship) in the country’s southwestern Batken region, erected at the junction point of the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, where he reviewed the concept and master plan for the proposed Dostuk International Trade and Economic Park.