Central Asia is balancing economic ties with Russia, avoiding sanctions fallout, and leveraging Western initiatives while ...

By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian ...

Central Asia is cementing itself as a confident middle power region, exerting its independence through strategic partnerships ...

a move that has triggered political turmoil in one of Asia's most vibrant democracies. It also came amid heightened concerns about North Korea's missile testing and deepening security pact with ...

The events of September 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan and beyond have dramatically underscored the strategic value of Central Asia to the West and present new ...

A political forum from the North Central part of the country has expressed concern over alleged ongoing political romance between the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF,George ...

If they manage to overrun the entire Rakhine province and declare independence, this will be the first successful secessionist campaign in Asia after the birth of ... the current internal issues ...

The report from the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) was a rare commentary about the South's political turmoil in recent weeks and included no quoted officials. Yoon issued a short ...

Ahamed’s visit to Kyrgyzstan in 2012. The initiative aims to enhance security, political, economic, and cultural ties between India and Central Asia. India pledged to cooperate with the Central ...

Other Yoon supporters had already been there for days, camped out on the pavement near his home in central Seoul, vowing to block any efforts to detain him. Law enforcement officials retreated ...

The remarks echoed a Financial Times report on Friday, which cited the central bank as saying that the PBOC is likely to cut interest rates from the current level of 1.5% "at an appropriate time ...

stabilize financial markets and boost domestic demand amid weakening consumer confidence and an unprecedented political crisis that is heightening economic uncertainty. One measure announced by ...