An illustration from the 14th century Jami‛ al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din (https://warfare.x10host.com/Persia/14/Diez_Album-p59.htm). This piece is part of a series ...

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 ...

In June, George Krol, a former US ambassador to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, shared his memories of working in these two Central Asian countries, emphasizing his interactions with these states’ first ...

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its third year, its effects have been global as the grinding conflict upended political assumptions, battered economies, and opened the door to geopolitical ...