Central Asia

Earlier this year when Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Tashkent for the meeting of foreign ministers of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), he pitched for …

The 22nd Heads of State summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is scheduled to take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15-16. Uzbekistan is leaving no stone unturned to …

Russia has advised its partner countries in the Eurasian region to be more cautious and “aware of the high risks” involved in participating in joint military exercises with the United …

<p> The Fourth Consultative Meeting of the heads of state of Central Asian in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan last month was qualitatively different from the preceding ones. A sense of urgency, and …

<p> United States Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, is arriving in Kathmandu on Thursday evening amid heightened US-China rivalry.</p> <p> Official sources said that the …

<p> "There is a Pakistan in Uzbekistan" my Central Asian friends would joke. Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in Uzbekistan became a part of it in 1936, when Soviet Russia ceded …

<p> The Russia- Ukraine conflict has opened up new windows of opportunity for different countries in various ways. As an immediate neighbour of Russia, China is trying to quickly reap …

<p> <strong>Pledging full support to Tajikistan to tackle the threats emanating from Afghan territory on its southern borders, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is "doing everything to …

<p> <strong>Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has decided to prepare in advance for security challenges likely to emerge after the Ukraine conflict. </strong></p> <p> Foreign ministers of the CSTO member …

<p> <strong>As Eurasia becomes a hotbed of strategic alliances amid growing geopolitical uncertainty stretching from Afghanistan to Ukraine, the United States has dispatched a high-level delegation on a five-day visit …

<p> <strong>Even as the conflict in Ukraine continues to intensify, Russia is steadily moving forward with its massive plan to unify the topographic services of the defence departments of the …

<p> <strong>While the world focuses on the situation in Ukraine, Central Asian countries are facing a double whammy, getting increasingly worried about not just the Eastern European region but also …

<p> <strong>As the situation along the entire perimeter of their borders from Ukraine to Afghanistan remains tense, members of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have vowed to raise …

<p> <strong>Will Kazakhstan be the one to spearhead deep rooted change in the Central Asian region? While ensuring continuity, the country it seems, is ushering in long-term change in some …

<p> <strong>Russia will be hoping that the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) shows solidarity with Moscow's stance and the aims of its ongoing 'special military operation' in Ukraine when the …

<p> <strong>President Ram Nath Kovind is setting course for Turkmenistan – the first ever visit by an Indian President to the resource-rich Central Asian country.</strong></p> <p> But, can his visit …

<p> <strong>The unfolding situation in Afghanistan will have wider ramifications to the Central Asia region, particularly the possible growth in international terrorism and drug trafficking emanating from the Afghan territory, …

<p> <strong>More than 5,000 militants are on the territory of Afghanistan near the border with Tajikistan, Chief of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Joint Staff revealed on Thursday …

<p> <strong>Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has consolidated his power, following a violent rebellion earlier this month, which was quelled with the help of troops belonging to the Russia-led Collective Security …

<p> <strong>A momentous step to significantly reinforce partnership between India and Central Asia was taken at the First India-Central Asia Summit hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the …

<p> The first ever India Central Asia virtual summit took place on January 27. What was to have been an in-person summit — the leaders of the five Central Asian …