Central Asia

It could help modernize the country’s economy.

Authoritarian states have been downplaying numbers. That won’t last.

Testimonies and eyewitness accounts suggest the mass incarceration of ethnic Hui in China’s northwest.

Hobbled by the impeachment trial, the U.S. secretary of state faces the tricky task of explaining a Trump administration policy that has often looked two-faced.

On the Kazakh border, a new city grows.

Autocrats are handing their citizens’ data to Beijing under so-called smart city programs.

U.S.-favored policies in Central Asia must be rolled back to help save the Uighur people.

The upcoming Disney film is already a cultural battleground. But China’s most famous heroine thrives in many tellings.

Despite optimistic signs from U.S.-led peace talks in Qatar, Afghanistan’s future looks bleak.

Nazarbayev’s successor has an impressive foreign profile but a raft of domestic problems.

The nominal resignation of a longtime autocrat has sparked new hopes.

The war is not yet over and its outcome is not yet certain.

The long-time autocrat's shock resignation kicks off an opaque succession process.

Kazakh case draws attention to plight of hundreds of thousands detained in Xinjiang

Long-needed reforms are changing what was once a grim autocracy. Washington can help.

The Islamic State has ramped up its Russian-language recruitment.

In Kyrgyzstan’s Fergana Valley, ethnic strife, corruption, and poverty collide in the country’s ongoing fight against extremism.

At least Donald Trump isn’t acting like this … yet.

A new report from Human Rights Watch and Uzbek activists alleges the continued use of forced and child labor in harvesting the Central Asian country’s cotton crop.

The Central Asian country built a futuristic city to host the World's Fair and polish its own brand. One small problem: it forgot to invite guests.