The Central Asia region (CA) comprises the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is a diverse region with a mix of upper middle and low income ...

ASPI’s work on East Asia focuses on enhancing cooperation and dialogue within the region and between its countries and the United States. Following ASPI's project examining the crisis of governance in ...

1. France was one of the first Western countries to recognize the independence of the nations that make up Central Asia and to establish diplomatic relations with them. For France, just like for the ...

But in term of mainstream press coverage, Central Asian has been off the map. Central Asia, while probably in the news about ... designed to be ruled and were not designed as independent countries.