The “Five Stans” – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – are formidable former Soviet Union republics in the heart of Central Asia. This Central Asian region ...

Despite immense promise, reaching the full potential of bi-regional ties faces a number of hurdles. The GCC-Central Asia ...

A large share headed south to the “Stans”—five post-Soviet countries ... Some have already continued south to other Central Asian countries, especially Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, which ...

Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy and a strategic energy supplier, has historically sought a “ multi-vector ” ...

This column has repeatedly observed that Central Asia will shake loose as the Kremlin bogs down in Ukraine. Conversely, the more the Stans grow independent, the more will the Kremlin panic over ...

Located in the heart of Central Asia, Karakalpakstan is the "stan within a stan", an autonomous state of the landlocked Republic of Uzbekistan that borders Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Home to the ...

Central Asia is having something of a moment with new cities. Last month, Turkmenistan officially inaugurated Arkadag, a would-be “smart city” named in honor of the former president, Gurbanguly ...