Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the collapse of Moscow’s imperial influence, and since 2022, the war has ...

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist leaders ...

Central Asian cultural traditions have received international recognition as the ancient bowed instrument Kobyz and the ...

Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more successfully than Almaty. Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million ...

THE ARMY UNIVERSITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – Described by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the “Spine of the Book of the World”, South and Central Asia continue to be critical areas of ...

At the 2016 World Nomad Games in Cholpon-ata, Kyrgyzstan, Kok-boru (also called Kokpar and Buzkashi) was a crowd favorite. Credit: Catherine Putz Subscribe for ads-free reading For the first time, ...

When it comes to Central Asia, one of the hottest topics among Western policymakers and scholars alike is China’s engagement in the region, especially since the 2013 launch of the Belt and Road ...

Asian Crossroads at Yale — a student organization that facilitates dialogue around Central Asian culture — collaborated with the Global Music Partnership and the Consulate General of Kazakhstan to ...

Editor’s note, Oct. 7: After a review by News editors, this article was updated to remove or alter language in three paragraphs about the Central Asia Initiative which were nearly identical to text in ...

Bukhara is a city in Uzbekistan that was a prominent stop on the Silk Road. Photo Credit: G Adventures Tour operators say Central Asia is becoming increasingly popular thanks to simplified visa ...