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Kyrgyzstan wins a UN Security Council seat, 142 to 49 over the Philippines
Four rounds of voting. A result that Central Asian diplomats called historic. Bishkek joins the Council for the first time since independence in 1991.
What the EBRD is bringing to Riga, and what Central Asia should watch
The Bank's 35th Annual Meeting opens Thursday. For the region, three things matter: the new Regional Economic Prospects, the Aktau port investment, and the signal on Trans-Caspian financing.
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The silence before the vote: what Armenia's campaign says about 7 June
Pashinyan leads but is weaker than at any point since 2018. The opposition is fragmented but financed. The campaign ends Thursday.
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Kyrgyzstan vs the Philippines: the UN votes today for an Asia-Pacific Security Council seat
The ballot in New York opens at 10am local time. A Kyrgyzstan win would put Central Asia on the Council for the first time since Kazakhstan's 2017 to 2018 term.
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BTK goes full throttle: the upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation
Capacity jumped from 1 to 5 million tonnes a year. The Middle Corridor's western spine is no longer a bottleneck.
The SCO at 25: a quarter-century of summits, zero kilometres of new railway
The anniversary session in St. Petersburg today will celebrate what the organisation has become. The Central Asian members are more interested in what it might finally build
The level of the delegation is the message
Central Asia is in St. Petersburg this week, but not equally. What each country’s roster says about where the relationship with Russia actually stands
The first country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan
Brussels activated a tool it had never used. Six weeks later, Bishkek shut down 50 companies. The experiment is being watched across the region.
Kazakhstan sells 3.4 billion yuan in debut sovereign panda bond
Demand was twice the supply. The Ministry of Finance calls it proof of Chinese investor confidence in Kazakhstani macroeconomics.
Mongolia vs Rio Tinto: the copper mine at the centre of the world
Oyu Tolgoi is producing record copper, heading for fourth place globally, and generating a political crisis. Ulaanbaatar wants a renegotiation. Rio Tinto cannot afford to walk away.
The train to Brussels runs on Russian rails
Armenia wants to end Moscow’s monopoly on its railways, electricity and gas. The 7 June election will determine whether it can
Putin ends Astana visit with Ukraine warnings and EAEU posturing
The Russian president used the Eurasian Economic Forum platform for some of his sharpest public language on Ukraine in months, delivered from Kazakhstan’s capital
Baku-Supsa pipeline returns: Kazakhstan oil joins the rerouting
A deal signed during Kobakhidze’s Baku visit on 18 May restores a dormant Caspian export route, and Astana is already looking at it