Central Asia’s Infrastructure Boom Is Reshaping Demand for Project Air Cargo

Central Asia’s expanding mining, energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors are creating a new challenge for the region’s air cargo market Central Asia is becoming a larger industrial and logistics market. The region faces an estimated $33 billion in …

Water and Energy as a Question of Sovereignty in Central Asia

Central Asia faces the necessity of building new power plants, but this is not enough to achieve energy independence. Countries can implement hydropower projects, but this may lead to dependence on creditors and existing export agreements. Therefore, it is …

Central Asia’s Diplomatic Balancing Act on Display from Bishkek to New York

The general debate of the 81st U.N. General Assembly closed this week, and the Central Asian speeches put the region’s balancing act on full display. As the world moves toward multipolarity, the five Central Asian states find themselves in a tight spot. …

U.S. Senate recognizes importance of growing ties with Central Asia

The Resolution recognizes the importance of the growing relationship between the United States and the five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The resolution was introduced by senators Steve Daines ( …

Caspian east-west corridor’s $55bn bill forces Kazakhstan, Central Asia to weigh benefits against risks

01.10.2026 The Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor, widely known as the Middle Corridor, could become much more than a transport link between Asia and Europe. Along the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor finds that better infrastructure, faster borders and …

EU Special Representative for Central Asia visits Baku

Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor Investments Could Spur Growth and Create Millions of Jobs across Europe and Central ...

Countries in Europe and Central Asia could unlock faster growth, more jobs, and stronger private investment by upgrading and better integrating a critical trade route linking East Asia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Türkiye, and the rest of Europe, …

China and Central Asia Aim at Deeper Industrial Integration

For much of the past two decades, China’s economic relationship with Central Asia has been described through a fairly simple formula: Central Asia supplies hydrocarbons, metals, and other raw materials; China provides infrastructure, capital, and a large …

"Made in Central Asia": Azerbaijan and Central Asia Building Unified Market

Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries aim to increase regional trade to $20 billion and develop joint production under the “Made in Central Asia” brand, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov said at the CAMCA Regional Forum 2026 in Baku. “The …

C5+1 Meets Again in Samarkand, but Central Asia Has Changed

In mid-October, C5+1 will meet again in Samarkand, where its first ministerial was held in November 2015. The regional actor it was created to engage has, however, changed substantially. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to arrive with …