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Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 January 2022

The Central Asian leaders were due to be chief guests at India’s Republic Day celebrations a day earlier, but Delhi cancelled that plan in view of the latest surge in COVID-19…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 October 2023

The war in Ukraine has changed the dynamics of interaction between Russia and the Central Asian countries, which have been traditionally a source of migrant labour. Despite rising…

Graphic analysis
Publication date: 4 November 2021

The Tajik government has broken with Russia, China, Iran and Uzbekistan by refusing to court the Taliban

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 April 2024

This was a reference to criticism of Taliban rule by certain international players. While engagement between the emirate and the West remains limited, the Taliban are drawing…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 September 2021

For both states, a swift takeover of power in Afghanistan is preferable to either prolonged civil war or a power vacuum. Their objectives are more defensive than acquisitive…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 October 2020

Moscow is a key partner in opposing Western hegemony, but Pakistan is the closest thing China has to an ally and depends increasingly on Chinese support. Territorial and economic…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 September 2023

In the past 12 months, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become dialogue partners of the SCO, while Iran has become a full member.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 May 2018

US interest in Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, appears to be rising after several years of declining engagement. The two major Central Asian states…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 June 2018

Growing Russian-Uzbek ties.

Executive summary
Publication date: 6 April 2017

UZBEKISTAN/RUSSIA: Engagement will be limited

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