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COMMENT: Russia's fuel crisis spills into Central Asia as Moscow's backup supply dries up
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries has rocked not only Russia's own fuel market but those of Central Asia too, Carnegie Politika's Galiya Ibragimova writes, warning the region has little time to avert a full-scale shortage.
China expands its presence in Uzbekistan
China-Central Asia Monitor: July 24-30.
Ukraine’s attacks on Wildberries will hit foreign traders for tens of millions, says company CEO
Businesses across Central Asia and countries including Belarus, Armenia and China will feel the pain, ecommerce boss adds.
Ukraine less births than Kyrgyzstan this year as Central Europe's demographic crisis deepens
Ukraine is on track to record fewer births this year than Kyrgyzstan for the first time - a reversal from the end of the Soviet Union, when Ukraine's newborns outnumbered Kyrgyzstan's five to one.
Kyrgyzstan gained UN Security Council seat; now comes hard part
Bishkek’s priorities to include climate, Afghan reintegration into world order.
MACRO ADVISORY: Best Eurasia books published in 1H26
Macro-Advisory Limited has issued its annual mid-year compilation of the best business, political and general interest books published in 1H26, covering the twelve states in the Eurasia region plus Iran and Afghanistan.
Geopolitical shocks, climate risks leave millions unable to afford healthy diets in Europe, Central Asia
Climate change, water scarcity, geopolitical tensions and volatile markets are creating new vulnerabilities that threaten both agricultural production and consumer access to nutritious food, says new FAO report.
PANNIER: Afghan groups battle Taliban near Tajik border
If Afghanistan’s rulers lose control of Badakhshan province, route to Chinese border will be blocked and calculations in Central Asia’s capitals may change.
COMMENT: Central Asia's talk of decolonisation outruns the reality
Public discourse increasingly casts Central Asia as shedding Russian influence – through decolonisation, a pivot to China, or a push for greater sovereignty – but the reality on the ground is far messier.
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Unjust bureaucratic hurdles are wrecking legit UK travel dreams
Tourist visas denied based on highly subjective assessments of financial means and intentions to use “return” section of plane ticket.
PANNIER: Central Asia on cusp of ending quest for independence in electricity provision
Big hydro projects should get the region over the line.
China to open Afghanistan border after nearly a century? Iran to bomb “Trump” route? “Cargo corridor” journalism is where it’s at nowadays
Wars are reshaping countries’ thinking on how to get goods in and out.
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China and Kazakhstan intensify nuclear ties
China-Central Asia Monitor: July 3-9, 2026.
Central Asia battles to stop fuel squeeze turning into supply shock
Sustained Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries increasingly hitting motorists across region.
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.
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.
Expert views: Addressing water-management challenges in Central Asia
A Eurasianet partner post.
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.