Energy and Economy Program (EEP)

On March 31, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov and China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met…

From March 23 until it was freed on March 29, the Ever Given, a massive container ship that had run aground while…

The largest vaccination effort in history is underway as governments scramble to acquire sufficient supplies of vaccines to inoculate their…

On February 25, Kazakhstan announced its largest hydrocarbon discovery since it gained independence 30 years ago. Located in Kazakhstan’s western Mangystau province, initial reports suggest the…

The transition to remote work and the rise of contactless business operations as necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has made clear the integral…

Countries in the Caspian Region have unveiled new incentives to attract foreign visitors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Uzbekistan instituted a ten-day…

On February 9, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened for a video conference to commemorate…

Since Uzbekistan initiated a series of reforms in 2017 to transition to an open economy, these efforts have yielded positive…

Russia recently approved a new mechanism to bring Central Asian workers to the country to cope with declining migration and a growing…