Central Asia

The US need to contend with China and Russia may obscure the accumulation of risk from many individual tradeoffs.

The latest sign of backsliding is a draft "foreign agents" law modeled after one that gutted civil society in Russia.

Russia and China notwithstanding, serious ties should balance interests in regional cooperation, civil society, and security assistance.

Effects of internal corruption and opaque institutions spill beyond borders, even to the war in Ukraine. Cases show the risks and the hope.

The United States must rethink its strategy toward Afghanistan and prevent the Taliban from gaining a stronger foothold.

Beyond counterterrorism, Afghanistan remains a key theater for great power competition and U.S. security interests.

A recent visit shows government inaction on justice after violent crackdown on January protests over energy prices.

"The United States has a valuable opportunity to help the people of Eurasia emerge from the shadow of the Soviet Union’s legacy. It cannot do that if it shuts its eyes to the…

Voters in Kyrgyzstan approved a referendum on April 11 that expands the president’s powers and threatens the most vibrant civil society in the region.

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With its traditional over-emphasis on security-heavy responses to threats, experts didn't expect the region to be so receptive to "whole-of-society" approaches to counter violent…