A Six-Country Platform and the Emerging Architecture of a Connected Eurasia Tariq Saeedi and Raviliya Kadyrova AVAZA, Turkmenistan — The Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan held in Avaza on 8 October 2026 may eventually be remembered less for the individual declarations made at the meeting than for what the expanded format makes … [Read more...]
Eurasian Economies to Grow by up to 9.3% in 2026: EDB Publishes New Macroeconomic Outlook
18 December 2025 The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has presented its Macroeconomic Outlook for 2026–2028. According to EDB analysts, investment activity and domestic demand will remain the key drivers of growth in most countries of the region, despite moderate global economic expansion and persistently elevated interest rates. Key takeaways: More about the … [Read more...]
Russia and Central Asian countries are preparing a second summit meeting, Lavrov says
Russia is working on preparations for the second Russia-Central Asia summit (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), which will take place in the foreseeable future. This was announced on Monday, 2 September, by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at a meeting with students and faculty of MGIMO. "There is also a "Central Asia+Russia" … [Read more...]
The Ghost of Brzezinski haunts Trump Administration – Part 1
Tariq Saeedi The very vocal desire to maintain the global supremacy is perhaps the main feature of the ‘American exceptionalism.’ The American exceptionalism is composed of three related ideas: The history of the United States is inherently different from that of any other nation The USA has a unique mission to transform the world The history and mission of the … [Read more...]