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Tajikistan’s Efforts to Build Out its Energy System Reflects Geopolitical Competition
Date: Mar 22, 2024
Last September, Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma, laid out ...
Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Nov 16, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan
by: Samantha Fanger
Date: Nov 2, 2023
While Iran embarks on a security offensive to the West, it is looking to enlarge its influ...
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Near a Border Agreement
Date: Oct 18, 2023
In 2022, fighting over the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border killed roughly 100 people, reignit...
Central Asian Labor Migration: Exploring New Destinations Amid Geopolitical Tensions
by: Meray Ozat
Date: Oct 4, 2023
With a shortage of domestic job opportunities and historically low wages, Central Asia is ...
Renewed Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Tension Pressures the CSTO
Date: Sep 27, 2023
Despite escalating tensions between their countries, the Presidents of Tajikistan and Kyrg...
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan Push for Regional Independence with First-Ever Trilateral Summit
by: Haley Nelson
Date: Aug 9, 2023
Underscoring a broader shift in Central Asia as governments grow wary of foreign dependenc...
Tajikistan's Foreign Trade Turnover for 2022: Infographic
Date: Mar 10, 2023
The Caspian Policy Center has collected data from the Customs Service under the Government...
The Caspian Region’s Reactions to the Current Russo-Ukrainian War, a Series: Tajikistan
by: Toghrul Ali
Date: Oct 31, 2022
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Tajikistan has opted for neutrality, and offi...
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Conduct Joint Military Exercises amid Afghanistan Border Concerns
by: Josephine Freund
Date: Aug 16, 2022
On August 3, a military delegation from Tajikistan arrived...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Breaks Down the Situation in Gorno-Badakhshan
by: Ambassador (Ret.) Susan M. Elliott
Date: May 27, 2022
With reports of violence and conflict in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast in Tajikis...
China-Tajikistan Bilateral Relations
by: Dante Schulz
Date: Mar 4, 2022
Bordering China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region as well as Afghanistan, Tajikistan figures in...
Tajikistan has Begun to Allow Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
by: Karolina Powers
Date: Dec 7, 2021
Tajikistan has taken on a new role in Afghanistan, becoming a distributor of aid and provi...
China Advances Security Apparatus in Tajikistan in the Aftermath of the Taliban Takeover
by: Dante Schulz
Date: Nov 5, 2021
China received approval from Tajikistan to construct a counterterrorism base near its sout...
Unlike Its Neighbors, Tajikistan Refuses to Engage with the Taliban and Bolsters Security
by: Karolina Powers
Date: Oct 5, 2021
In Central Asia, Tajikistan stands apart as the only government in direct opposition to th...
Taliban Takeover Concerns Afghanistan’s Northern Neighbors
by: Dante Schulz
Date: Aug 17, 2021
Tensions Simmer in the Wake of Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Clashes
by: Nicole Wolkov
Date: Jun 15, 2021
