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Stories under this heading cover Central Asia – a region of Asia, stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to Mongolia in the east, from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.

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China’s Role in Uzbekistan’s Waste-to-Energy Development
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China’s Role in Uzbekistan’s Waste-to-Energy Development

24 October 2025
China’s engagement in Central Asia is entering a new phase. Instead of focusing mainly on roads, railways, and pipelines, Beijing is now investing in environmental infrastructure, especially waste management and renewable energy projects. Uzbekistan has become the centre of this shift, as its growing economy faces mounting waste and pollution challenges.
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Beijing charm offensive in Central Asia
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Beijing charm offensive in Central Asia

18 September 2020
The visit of the Chinese foreign minister to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia was a clear indication that Beijing is determined to maintain its special, and often privileged position in the region but not everyone was convinced
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Opinion: Re-evaluating the idea of ‘Putinism’
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Opinion: Re-evaluating the idea of ‘Putinism’

28 May 2019
The pillars of Putinism can be routed back to a Soviet-era understanding of international relations and contested world order and see the 'westernisation' of the domestic or regional environment in the vicinity of Russia's 'sphere of key interests' as a source of concern., writes Edward Abrahamyan
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