ASTANA – In the first half of 2025, the number of freight train departures between China and Central Asia has increased by 25% compared to the same period last year, Xinhua reported on July 20.

Central Asia has been a bellwether of the Sino-Russian relationship. Russia accounts for almost all of Kazakhstan’s imported ...

ASTANA – Kazakhstan leads Central Asia in cybersecurity with a relatively advanced institutional and legal framework, according to the Central Asia Cybersecurity Baseline Study: Executive Summary, ...

Across Kazakhstan, and more broadly in Central Asia, an evolving censorship achieved by various means -- from algorithmic ...

According to the updated report, the regional economy is now projected to grow 4.7% in 2025, a 0.2 percentage point decrease ...

The Israel-Iran conflict has shown that Central Asia’s bid for strategic autonomy is deeply fragile. In a world of unraveling ...

Russia will turn on the ruble “printing press” to cope with its first economic slowdown since the February 2022 start of its ...

Central Asia’s land, water, and ecosystems face extreme pressure from farming, population growth, and pollution.

Kazakhstan’s experts and politicians alike believe that without its own localised solutions and infrastructure, no country in ...

Despite speculation, Russia’s depleted military, logistical limits, and diplomatic priorities make a Central Asia invasion ...

According to the BHRRC, the number of documented cases in 2024 was nearly three times higher than the 92 recorded the year ...

CABAR.asia: Recently, the authorities of the Central Asian countries have been actively regulating online activities, adopting various laws that help them control the internet.