Opposition alliance logo. The long-fragmented political opposition to Georgian Dream’s stranglehold on power is making what some observers see as a last-ditch effort to remain r ...

An important revenue stream in Central Asia for Russia appears in danger of slowing to a trickle. The international power sector has long been lucrative for Russia, via projects developed by Rosatom, ...

Opinion polling indicates that voters will approve a new constitution for Kazakhstan in a referendum on March 15. The draft that citizens will vote on represents a near total rewrite of the existing ...

The Bloody January turmoil stemmed partly from public alienation from a political system monopolized by Nursultan Nazarbayev, ...

The initiative has garnered little support beyond those competing for the 1.5-million-som ($17,000) prize for the winning anthem, and echoes the government’s controversial move in 2023 to rework the ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan are on edge, worried that TRIPP potentially could be upended by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Hoping to shield against any spillover, Yerevan and Baku are staking out cautious ...

In response to the ongoing warfare in the Persian Gulf precipitated by the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Chinese companies are ...

A recent Tajik government report on living standards indicates that many households are hovering on the edge of the poverty ...

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province ...

Taliban militants patrol the streets of Kabul. The recent ISKP attack in the Afghan capital laid bare Taliban’s limited capacity to provide security and added to the uncertainty surrounding ...

The Armenian government is reportedly interested in developing professional retraining programs and joint educational initiatives with Microsoft, according to media reports. Meanwhile, Oracle ...

Aliyev’s message to the new Iranian Supreme leader was particularly solicitous. “I hope that together we will make further efforts to develop interstate relations in a spirit of mutual respect and ...