Kazakhstan
US strike on Iranian railway bridge hits China-Russia trade corridor near Turkmenistan
The US struck a railway bridge in Iran's Golestan province on the China-Iran-Russia rail corridor in one of the deepest US strikes inside Iran since the conflict began.
Kazakh observers view Tokayev’s option to seek another presidential term as power transfer “fail-safe”
The constitutional overhaul, drafted and approved within weeks earlier this year, has prompted widespread speculation about Tokayev's long-term political plans.
Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court clears way for president to seek another term
Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled on July 7 that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev would be eligible to run for another presidential term under the country's newly adopted constitution.
Why Europe is looking towards Central Asia
The developing world is no longer catching up. In several critical areas, it has pulled ahead — and the institutions that built the modern financial system are only now beginning to understand what that means for them.
The EDB's next frontier: Uzbekistan and the future of Central Asian integration
Only a year after becoming the Eurasian Development Bank's seventh shareholder, Uzbekistan has quickly become one of the institution's strategic priorities.
Kazakhstan aims to create Central Asia's crypto capital
Kazakhstan’s planned Alatau City aims to become Central Asia's crypto capital, with major partners onboard and $6bn in investment secured.
PANNIER: Countries line up to access Central Asia’s critical minerals
The minerals are there but the planned scale of production requires a dozen or more new processing plants.
Islamic Development Bank eyes $1.4bn funding for Kazakhstan road corridor
The Islamic Development Bank has signed an MOU to support Kazakhstan's Kyzylorda-Saksaulsk road corridor, opening the way for up to $1.4bn in funding. Find out how the project fits Kazakhstan's push to become a transit and logistics hub.
Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe growth holds firm in 2026, says wiiw
Region seen outpacing eurozone, but geopolitical risks and industrial weakness cloud outlook.
Kazakhstan’s Freedom wins approval for Turkish Bank acquisition
Freedom Holding has received regulatory approval from Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) for its planned acquisition of 99.32% of Turkish Bank.
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Freedom Holding's Timur Turlov announces candidacy for FIDE vice-president
Turlov says Kazakhstan’s recent progress in chess is a model that could be expanded globally.
Critics say Kazakhstan’s law giving people right to raid pension piggy bank inflated housing bubble
As officials rush to narrow access to funds also popularly used for dental treatment, economists advise many factors to blame for price surge such as unsold properties built at high cost.
Russia in talks to import Kazakh gasoline as Ukraine’s drone attacks hammer refineries
Russian petrol output reported as down by 25% as of late June.
Expert views: Addressing water-management challenges in Central Asia
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Georgia risks losing its leverage card if wartime transit boom fades, analyst warns
Georgian Dream's repeated invocation of Georgia's strategic transit importance to fend off Western criticism is built on a temporary advantage tied to Russia's war in Ukraine that could evaporate once the conflict ends, think-tank director says.
TIIF 2026: Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries ramps up Central Asian operations
Russia’s largest e-commerce operator Wildberries became the largest retailer of any sort when it overtook MasterSport in 2019 and took Russia into a new age of e-commerce. Now it is expanding into Uzbekistan's fast-growing economy.
Commentary: Kokand and Forgotten Origins of Soccer in Central Asia
Local institution, not foreign import.
TIIF 2026: Central Asia, new Asian tiger
Central Asia used to be thought of as sitting at the “navel of the world,” about as far away from everywhere as it was possible to be. Today that perception has changed as once again it finds itself at the centre of things.
Will US take up Kazakhstan’s offer to host Iran’s uranium stockpile?
Geopolitics experts see plan as entirely realistic. Central Asian country is a nonproliferation-minded middle power Tehran could accept without seeming to capitulate to Washington.
Isolated surges mask weak FDI trend in emerging Europe
wiiw research shows slight rise in FDI inflows with gains concentrated in a handful of economies. Romania stands out with a 45% hike.