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  1. Cyprus on the Middle Corridor: Tokayev recruits a Mediterranean shipping hub
    EconomyBrief4 Jun

    Cyprus on the Middle Corridor: Tokayev Recruits a Mediterranean Shipping Hub

    A Kazakhstan–Cyprus Business Forum in Astana. An EU–Kazakhstan transport seminar the same day. Both pointed at the same June 23 meeting.

  2. BTK goes full throttle: upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation
    EconomyBrief3 Jun

    BTK Goes Full Throttle: 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.

  3. SPIEF 2026
    EconomyAnalysis2 Jun

    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

  4. Oyu Tolgoi
    EconomyAnalysis1 Jun

    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.

  5. President of Uzbekistan launches construction of New Tashkent international airport
    EconomyBrief29 May

    Mirziyoyev Launches Central Asia's Largest Airport Project

    A $4.5 billion consortium of Saudi, Japanese and Korean investors breaks ground on a new Tashkent hub with a 20 million passenger target

  6. Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Open New Rail Terminal at Hairatan
    EconomyBrief26 May

    Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Open New Rail Terminal at Hairatan

    Port No. 5 received its first freight train on 21 May — a small step in a large corridor ambition

  7. Kazakhstan's National Railway Eyes Triple Listing as Middle Corridor Bet
    EconomyBrief26 May

    Kazakhstan's National Railway Eyes Triple Listing as Middle Corridor Bet

    KTZ plans simultaneous IPO in London, Hong Kong and Astana — framing $10.4bn debt burden as a growth story

  8. Uzbekistan's Reform Track Attracts South Korean and Turkish Manufacturing Interest
    EconomyBrief13 May

    Uzbekistan's Reform Track Attracts South Korean and Turkish Manufacturing Interest

    Tashkent's special economic zones drawing foreign investors as labour costs and regulatory environment improve

  9. 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.

  10. 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.