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  1. What the EBRD Is Bringing to Riga — and What Central Asia Should Watch
    AnalysisAnalysis3 Jun

    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.

  2. The SCO at 25
    AnalysisAnalysis2 Jun

    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

  3. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
    AnalysisAnalysis26 May

    Twelve Days to Go: What Armenia's Election Is Actually About

    June 7 is framed as a geopolitical choice between Russia and Europe — but the campaign reveals a messier domestic reality

  4. Central Asia's Sanctions Week
    AnalysisAnalysis21 May

    Caught in the Net: Central Asia's Sanctions Week

    Kyrgyzstan shuts down 50 companies, Kazakhstan sues Rosatom, Georgia's elites move assets offshore — three stories, one pressure front

  5. US President Donald Trump left for China on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping Read more at httpsenglish.mathrubhumi.comnewsworldtrump-xi-beijing-summit-2026-analysis-a5mvnwal
    AnalysisAnalysis14 May

    Between Beijing and Washington: What the Trump–Xi Summit Means for Central Asia

    As two superpowers negotiate in Beijing, the region that sits between them is watching — and quietly calculating its next move

  6. Tajikistan and China Sign New Agreements
    AnalysisAnalysis13 May

    Tajikistan and China Sign New Agreements — 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.