Central Asia China’s trade with Central Asian states grew significantly during the first 10 months of 2025, compared with the ...

All five Central Asian landlocked states were particularly focused on turning the limitations of being “landlocked” into ...

The Donald Trump administration’s recent slew of deals in Central Asia must be accompanied by the removal of congressional ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Kazakhstan on Monday to attend the second China–Central Asia Summit, a high-stakes diplomatic gathering aimed at deepening Beijing’s economic and strategic ties ...

Analysts say the key meeting offers fresh clues about where China sees its biggest pressures as it faces up to domestic and ...

At the second China-Central Asia Summit, leaders of six states came together to reaffirm their commitment to working closely ...

The Trump administration’s transactional diplomacy in Central Asia comes with both reconfiguration and constraints. It has broadened the scope of U.S. engagement, yet its depth and structural impact ...

In 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the land-based portion of what we now call the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in a speech delivered in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana. More than a decade – ...

For all the pomp, pageantry, and promises, China’s latest overture into Central Asia is mostly more of the same, but that’s still important. As the world’s attention was focused on Iran, last week ...

Xi Jinping celebrated China's "eternal friendship" with Central Asia at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, as the Chinese leader blasted tariffs and sought to assert Beijing's influence in a region ...