Tajikistan

United States has image problem in Central Asia

bne IntelliNews May 17, 2025

Public perceptions toward Washington rapidly swing from positive to negative.

Afghanistan: Grappling with fall-out of dwindling foreign aid

Eurasianet May 13, 2025

Almost all US assistance terminated.

EBRD cuts 2025 growth forecasts citing tariffs and global uncertainty

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow May 13, 2025

Development bank lowers forecasts for Emerging Europe, Central Asia and North Africa as slowdowns in Germany and China take their toll.

MOSCOW BLOG: A muted V-day parade on Red Square

Ben Aris in Berlin May 10, 2025

I have just been watching the Victory Day parade on Red Square. A few observations.

PANNIER: Barbed wire gives lie to talk of Kyrgyz-Tajik border deal symbolising “eternal friendship”

Bruce Pannier May 8, 2025

It’s a pitiful sight in the beautiful Ferghana Valley, where, in thousands of years of habitation, a formal frontier never existed.

Post-war order teetering – rights watchdog

Eurasianet May 5, 2025

Eurasia “at forefront” of assault on individual freedoms.

After Samarkand summit, Europe’s quest for Central Asian resources meets reality

Alexander Thompson for Eurasianet May 2, 2025

Playing long game for rare earths.

Turkey’s foreign policy falling apart on all fronts, writes shadow minister

bne IntelliNews April 27, 2025

Ankara took a slap to the chops as Turkic Central Asian states inked an investment-linked deal on relations with Brussels that pointedly included no recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

COMMENT: Embracing “Greater Central Asia” has become a strategic imperative for US

bne Central Asia bureau April 27, 2025

Wider region increasingly seen as arena in which major powers’ interests, such as in sourcing critical minerals, collide and converge.

Tajikistan: Big purge at Interior Ministry

Eurasianet April 23, 2025

Personnel moves seen as part of effort to ensure dynastic transfer of power.

URUS-ClearPic: The Big Four of US, China, Russia and Europe vie for investment in Central Asia

John Alam of Urus Advisory, Alexander Teddy Managing Director of Urus Advisory April 22, 2025

Historically, it is the ultimate crossroads between Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia – and the central component for most of the Silk Road. Now the Central Asian countries find themselves caught between the Big Four.

Tajik opposition files international lawsuit accusing government of crimes against humanity

Eurasianet April 15, 2025

Court decision likely years in making.

Tajikistan: Rogun Dam project going under microscope

Eurasianet April 12, 2025

World Bank’s financing role facing scrutiny.

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