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Timon Ostermeier analyses the new players in Central Asia's hydropower financing, taking a specific look at Rogun, the world's tallest dam.

Timon Ostermeier takes a look at the ongoing expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation following the recent accession of Belarus

Sijie Jiang shows how the lasting influence of Soviet culture on the communist China heavily impacts the course of today's Sino-Russian relations.

In this month's Central Asia editorial, Sydney Millar takes a closer look at the economic development in the Central Asian region since the war outbreak in Ukraine.

"This book is a very high-level look at the culture and economics of Russia, Eastern Europe, and China", writes Katherine Leung.

Chinese growing economic influence and military presence in Tajikistan might be a two-edged sword.

In recent years, Viktor Orbán has turned himself into China's chief advocate in the EU. Recently it has become more difficult to strike a political balance that can satisfy friends both at home [...]

Tensions are rising in Kazakhstan over China's political and economic influence in the country and the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in China's Xinjiang province.

What do Lithuania and Latvia have in common with Taiwan? Owen Howells dives into the quasi-diplomatic relations between the Baltic states and the Republic of China.

Joseph Elgars on how the recent election of Sadyr Japarov as Kyrgyzstan's new president might change domestic and international dynamics.