When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, some speculated that the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) would turn away from their old imperial overlord. After all, Vladimir Putin’s revanchist ...

Michael Kugelman decodes the real implications of Vladimir Putin’s return to India after four years, the first such visit ...

Russia faces fuel shortages and price hikes after Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, prompting export restrictions on gasoline and diesel. Central Asian countries like Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and ...

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin up to something big in Afghanistan? Apparently, yes. Recent developments indicate that Putin’s policy towards Afghanistan and Central Asia is realigning its ...

In 2022, Dr. Janko Šćepanović of the Shanghai International Studies University wrote “The Sheriff and the Banker: Russia and China in Central Asia,” where he described the dynamic between China and ...

(CNN) — An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific that hit Russia, Japan, Canada and ...

The Britain-Russia rivalry is one of the most enduring contests in modern history, yet it is rarely recognized as such. From imperial skirmishes in Central Asia to Cold War standoffs in Europe, the ...

Unusually heavy seasonal rains have left a vast swath of southern Russia and Central Asia reeling from floods, with dozens of people dead in Afghanistan and Pakistan and tens of thousands forced to ...