Central Asia

India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

What’s fueling the India-China border skirmish?

Tanvi Madan and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sign documents during the signing ceremony, at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China September 11, 2019 Andrea Verdelli/ Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 11: Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during the meeting on September 11, 2019 at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Pool/Getty Images

China in Central Asia: Is China winning the “new great game”?

Susan A. Thornton

June 2020

Afghanistan's president claims victory over Islamic State

CVE’s relevance and challenges: Central Asia as surprising snapshot

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2019. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2LAD9NM7N7

Unpacking the China-Russia ‘alliance’

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adam Twardowski

Friday, December 13, 2019

A man walks along a snow-covered square in central Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev - RC2BKD9QTRAE

Encouraging transformations in Central Asia

Lilia Burunciuc and Ivailo Izvorski

Friday, December 13, 2019

On December 10, 2019, Tanvi Madan discussed the policy implications of the Silk Road Diplomacy with AIDDATA in New Delhi, India.

Tanvi Madan

AIDDATA

Railways and a container yard are seen at the Khorgos border crossing point, east of the country's biggest city and commercial hub Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2015. Kazakhstan wants to establish itself as a major trading hub between China and Europe and get a share of a $600 billion market, but it will have to end tough, often time-wasting, regulations that hurt its reputation as a cross-border trading partner. Picture taken October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov - GF20000033627

Connecting Central Asia to the world

Wolfgang Fengler and Paul Vallely

Monday, September 9, 2019

John Pearson (R), Centerra Gold company's Vice President Investor Relations, looks on at the gold-mining plant at the Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan May 31, 2011. With around 100 sizeable gold fields mapped -- but never tapped -- by Soviet geologists, the country is ripe for a mining boom. Gold has doubled in value since 2007 and prices around $1,500 an ounce could help resuscitate an economy that contracted 1.4 percent last year after the revolution and ethnic violence that killed hundreds. Picture taken May 31, 2011. To match Special Report KYRGRZSTAN-MINING REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E76S1HLY01

What’s holding back the Kyrgyz Republic private sector?

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Workers inspect railway tracks, which serve as a part of the Belt and Road freight rail route linking Chongqing to Duisburg, at Dazhou railway station in Sichuan province, China March 14, 2019. Picture taken March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1563D032A0

Winners and losers along China’s Belt and Road

Indermit Gill, Somik V. Lall, and Mathilde Lebrand

Friday, June 21, 2019

A protester wearing a yellow vest and with his face painted yellow walks down the Champs Elysees during a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Paris, France, march 9, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC1B5A4470C0

Do we need a new social contract?

Maurizio Bussolo and Marc Fleurbaey

Thursday, April 11, 2019