An open-access dataset from the Oxus Society maps more than $118 billion in resource exports across the five Central Asian ...

Those who continue to view emerging markets through the lens of the past risk miscalculating the future of global capital.

Over the past decade, analysts have increasingly viewed Iranian transit routes as Central Asia’s most promising path to the sea. For much of the past three decades, Central Asia’s economic strategy ...

The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a Washington think tank, has launched an initiative to promote the emergence of a trade-oriented group of states in greater Central Asia that, ...

Once dismissed as a remote frontier, Central Asia has emerged as the beating heart of Eurasia. When the presidents of Central Asia descend on Washington this week for the C5+1 Summit, the United ...

Relations between the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan are warming as plans move ahead for new rail links, increased trade and creating opportunities for ordinary Afghans. Central Asian ...

As Iran’s energy problems grow, the Islamic Republic can no longer rely on its geography alone to attract investment from Central Asia. US and Israeli military strikes on Iran have placed the ...

Falling water levels also affect river transport and port operations. The Caspian Sea's declining levels threaten ecosystems and critical economic assets, including ports and energy facilities.