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Central Asia is changing rapidly. The five countries in the region have young, growing populations. The old Soviet generation is leaving the scene, giving way to a new post-Soviet generation that came of age in independent countries. This new generation must reckon with Russia and China, both of which shape the region’s politics and economics, and both of which are pushing new integration schemes via the Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road. Central Asia’s next generation must also forge new economies that provide jobs beyond oil and gas.
FPRI’s Central Asia Initiative provides non-partisan, objective analysis of trends in Central Asia, informing policy makers and the public on matters that affect U.S. national interests, including energy, the Belt and Road Initiative; terrorism and extremism, and competition between regional powers such as Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Publications:
- New Canal Threatens the Peace Between the Taliban and Central Asia - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Bruce Pannier -
- China Is Finally Making Progress on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Niva Yau -
- Russia Is Down, But Not Out, in Central Asia - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Maximilian Hess -
- Filling the Geopolitical Void in Central Asia - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Bruce Pannier -
- Central Asia and China’s Taiwan Dilemma - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Niva Yau -
- Europe’s Wait for Turkmen Natural Gas Continues - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Bruce Pannier -
- How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine has Affected Kazakh Politics - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Maximilian Hess -
- Northern Afghanistan and the New Threat to Central Asia - Central Asia Papers, Reports - Bruce Pannier -
- Ukraine War Sparks Suspicion over Russia’s Designs on Kazakhstan - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Bruce Pannier -
- China’s Security Management Towards Central Asia - Central Asia Papers, Reports - Niva Yau -
- Understanding Central Asia’s Cautious Approach to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Bruce Pannier -
- How the Intervention in Kazakhstan Revitalized the Russian-led CSTO - Central Asia Papers, Reports - Bruce Pannier -
- Kazakhstan’s System Malfunctions - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - Maximilian Hess -
- A ‘Bright Path’ Forward or a Grim Dead End? The Political Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan - Central Asia Papers, Reports - Anton Louthan -
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Will Not Fill Any Vacuum in Afghanistan - Central Asia Papers - Eva Seiwert -
- Forceful Displays and Soft Rhetoric: Central Asia’s Response to Developments in Afghanistan - Central Asia Papers - Jonathan Meyer -
- Reframing Russia’s Afghanistan Policy - Central Asia Papers - Ivan Ulises Klyszcz -
- How Rising Great Power Tensions Will Affect Central Asia - Central Asia Papers - Akram Umarov -
- Chinese Business in Central Asia: How Crony Capitalism is Eroding Justice - Central Asia Papers - Gül Berna Özcan -
- Emerging Forms of Pax Sinica in Tajikistan and Cambodia - Central Asia Papers - Bradley Jardine -