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Tajikistan’s Efforts to Build Out its Energy System Reflects Geopolitical Competition

Tajikistan’s Efforts to Build Out its Energy System Reflects Geopolitical Competition

Last September, Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma,...

Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan

Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan

Bruce Pannier

11/16/2023

Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis ...

Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan

Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan

While Iran embarks on a security offensive to the West, it is looking to enlarge...

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Near a Border Agreement

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Near a Border Agreement

In 2022, fighting over the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border killed roughly 100 peopl...

Central Asian Labor Migration: Exploring New Destinations Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Central Asian Labor Migration: Exploring New Destinations Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Meray Ozat

10/04/2023

With a shortage of domestic job opportunities and historically low wages, Centra...

Renewed Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Tension Pressures the CSTO

Renewed Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Tension Pressures the CSTO

Despite escalating tensions between their countries, the Presidents of Tajikista...

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan Push for Regional Independence with First-Ever Trilateral  Summit

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan Push for Regional Independence with First-Ever Trilateral Summit

Haley Nelson

08/09/2023

Underscoring a broader shift in Central Asia as governments grow wary of foreign...

Tajikistan's Foreign Trade Turnover for 2022: Infographic

Tajikistan's Foreign Trade Turnover for 2022: Infographic

The Caspian Policy Center has collected data from the Customs Service under the ...

The Caspian Region’s Reactions to the Current Russo-Ukrainian War, a Series: Tajikistan

The Caspian Region’s Reactions to the Current Russo-Ukrainian War, a Series: Tajikistan

Toghrul Ali

10/31/2022

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Tajikistan has opted for neutrality...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Breaks Down the Situation in Gorno-Badakhshan

Former U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Breaks Down the Situation in Gorno-Badakhshan

With reports of violence and conflict in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast ...

China-Tajikistan Bilateral Relations

China-Tajikistan Bilateral Relations

Dante Schulz

03/04/2022

Bordering China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region as well as Afghanistan, Tajikistan ...

Tajikistan has Begun to Allow Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan

Tajikistan has Begun to Allow Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan

Tajikistan has taken on a new role in Afghanistan, becoming a distributor of aid...

China Advances Security Apparatus in Tajikistan in the Aftermath of the Taliban Takeover

China Advances Security Apparatus in Tajikistan in the Aftermath of the Taliban Takeover

Dante Schulz

11/05/2021

China received approval from Tajikistan to construct a counterterrorism base nea...

Unlike Its Neighbors, Tajikistan Refuses to Engage with the Taliban and Bolsters Security

Unlike Its Neighbors, Tajikistan Refuses to Engage with the Taliban and Bolsters Security

In Central Asia, Tajikistan stands apart as the only government in direct opposi...