The new reincarnation, known as the Silk Road Economic Belt or SREB, is China’s prodigiously bold economic ambition to connect with potentially 40 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

To be sure, Central Asian countries understand the risks of dependence on Russia. They experienced a huge blow from 2014 sanctions. When the global economy came to a halt during the coronavirus ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- New Uzbekistan, New Kazakhstan, New…Kyrgyzstan? In Central Asia, leaders are talking up fresh pages, new chapters -- even new countries. In Uzbekistan, President Shavkat ...