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	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:51:26 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Uzbekistan&apos;s Strategic Migration Pivot: Institutionalizing Managed Mobility For Global High</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uzbekistan is undergoing a strategic shift from reliance on traditional labor migration destinations toward a regulated, skills-based mobility model targeting high-income markets in Europe, East Asia, and North America. Under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the establishment of a centralized Migration Agency institutionalizes vocational training, language certification, and bilateral labor agreements aligned with international standards. With over 2 million citizens working abroad and remittances reaching nearly US$ 14 billion annually, approximately one-fifth of GDP, migration remains central to economic stability. The reform aims to diversify risk, increase remittance quality, enhance human capital accumulation, and position Uzbekistan as a structured and reliable partner in global labor markets while strengthening domestic development through reintegration and entrepreneurship.

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Uzbekistan is entering a new phase in its migration policy. Long characterized by unregulated large-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:15:46 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>WB Forecasts Economic Slowdown in Europe and Central Asia Amid Geopolitical Tensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic growth in countries across Europe and Central Asia will slow significantly against the backdrop of the Middle East conflict, geopolitical tensions, and fragmentation of trade ties, according to a regional economic outlook published by the World Bank.

Growth in the region is expected to decline to 2.1% in 2026. Russia's growth is projected to slow to 0.8%, while other economies in the region are likely to see growth rates drop to 2.9%. This slowdown is driven by surging energy prices, which constrain consumer spending, as well as uncertainty negatively affecting investment activity.

"The region's resilience continues to be tested, as several countries depend on imports of natural gas, oil, and fertilizers," said Antonella Bassani, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia. She noted that many countries will need to make efforts to overcome the crisis, with particular attention to targeted measures protecting the most vulnerable populations. According to Bassani,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:01:19 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Middle East War Shakes Central Asia&apos;s Trade Ambitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND:

The latest escalation in the Middle East is reverberating well beyond the immediate theatre of conflict, disrupting energy markets, trade routes, and regional economic planning. Oil prices rose sharply following strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliation, reviving concerns about disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery through which a significant share of global oil supplies transits daily. For energy-importing economies across Asia, the shock echoes earlier inflationary pressures experienced during previous geopolitical crises.

For Central Asia, the effects are both systemic and immediate. As landlocked economies, states such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have long prioritized the diversification of trade routes as a strategic objective. This has involved developing southbound connectivity through Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, alongside east–west alternatives linking the region to China and Europe.

Iran has played a central role in these plans,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:57:36 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>From Declarations To Corridors: Rethinking Economic Integration In Central Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, economic integration in Central Asia has been shaped by ambitious declarations, multilateral communiqués, and periodic summit diplomacy. Yet tangible outcomes have often lagged behind political rhetoric. The emerging shift from abstract integration models toward corridor-based, infrastructure-driven cooperation marks a potentially decisive turning point. Recent developments between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan—notably the revival of the Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the creation of industrial and logistics hubs along their shared border—suggest that Central Asia may finally be moving from declarative regionalism to functional economic integration. 

The article is published below is been writen by Rafis Abazov, PhD, a director of the Institute for Green and Sustainable Development at Kazakh National Agrarian Research University for Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and has been published in its web-site.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:50:43 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Central Asia’s Strategic Insecurity in a Turbulent World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can Central Asian states continue their multi-vector diplomacy, or will they be forced to choose between the U.S. and China?

By Sardor Allayarov

May 16, 2025

Central Asia’s presidents, joined by the president of Azerbaijan and the head of the U.N. Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia met for their sixth consultative meeting in August 2024.

Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency in 2025 sparked an intense debate on American foreign policy toward Central Asia, a region that has once again become a geopolitical crossroad. During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s nomination hearing in January, he endorsed removing the Jackson-Vanik amendment on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, to normalize relations with the Central Asian region. 

These positive remarks, echoing long-running diplomatic complaints from Astana and Tashkent,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:28:41 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>United States has image problem in Central Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among Central Asian citizens, China now has a better image than the United States, according to a comprehensive survey of political attitudes, Eurasianet.org reports.

The Democracy Perception Index bills itself as the “world’s largest annual study on how people perceive democracy.” The 2025 edition features data collected from over 111,000 respondents in 100 countries worldwide, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

The results show that belief in democracy’s potential to ensure stability and prosperity remains strong, but public confidence in governments to build or maintain successful democratic frameworks is flagging.

“Citizens are particularly dissatisfied with government performance on the cost of living, poverty reduction, and affordable housing—issues that directly impact their daily lives,” according to an analysis accompanying the index.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 18:43:27 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Is the EU Beating the U.S. in Central Asia?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Central Asia is attracting growing attention from global powers because of its resources and strategic location in the heart of the Eurasian continent. It is no surprise that the EU is taking a proactive position in relationship with Central Asia. On April 4, 2025, the first-ever summit between leaders of the EU and the five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan hosted the summit. António Costa, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, represented the EU. The summit upgraded relations between the European Union and Central Asia to a strategic partnership level and outlined priority directions of the cooperation, with the EU committing significant resources for projects improving connectivity between Central Asia and Europe, as well as for the development of the resources of critical minerals,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:19:59 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Lives of Uyghurs in Xinjiang settling into new normal - Patrik Meyer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a seven-year break, last September I joined a small group of Chinese researchers in their visit of five cities in Xinjiang: Kashgar, Aksu, Kuche, Bayi, and Urumqi. The main purpose of the visit was to observe Uyghurs going about their lives and assess whether their lives are adversely affected by what western scholars and media claim to be excessive security measures and extensive restrictions on the use of the Uyghur language.

When it comes to security measures in Xinjiang, the Council on Foreign Relations states, “In some cities, such as western Xinjiang’s Kashgar, police checkpoints are found every one hundred yards or so.” Also, under the headline “The Police Region of Xinjiang: Checkpoints, Camps, and Fear,” the author declares, “An Uyghur I know was stopped 34 times one day.” The Uyghur Academy writes, “Each square has a police station that closely monitors inhabitants by regularly scanning their identification cards, taking their photographs and fingerprints,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:32:05 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Eurasianet: Turkmenistan - Send in the clowns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is like he never went away.

Even though Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov stepped down as president in March to make way for his son, Serdar, he is increasingly behaving these days like he still runs the country.

On November 12, he headed out to the Mary province to conduct a personal inspection on the progress of the cotton harvest and the sowing of wheat. The micromanagement session was apparently necessitated by the difficulties being experienced in the agricultural sector.

President Serdar Berdymukhamedov has complained at times of the weakness of the irrigation system and, as Vienna-based Chronicles of Turkmenistan has reported, he demanded in October that farmers work faster so as to meet cotton and wheat targets.

Berdymukhamedov senior seems to feel that he is the one to get the job done. But as Ruslan Myatiev, the editor of the Turkmen News website, told the EurasiaChat podcast this week, this is institutionally inappropriate,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:58:24 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Китай-Центральная Азия: медленный, но верный рост</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Страны ЦА сообщают о росте торговли и новых совместных проектах с КНР.

Ключевые события и факты о взаимоотношениях стран Центральной Азии с Китаем в еженедельном дайджесте Eurasianet.org.

Новости о сотрудничестве КНР и РК были довольно разнообразными: от торговли и транзита до инвестиций. В Узбекистане рассказали о поставках газа в КНР, запуске продаж китайских автомобилей местной сборки и инициативах в сфере транспорта. Чиновники Кыргызстана объявили о приостановке поставок угля по всем направления кроме Китая,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:33:27 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/kitai-tcentral-naia-aziia-medlennyi-no-vernyi-rost/</link>

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		<title>Евросоюз интересуют поставки энергоресурсов из Центральной Азии</title>
		<description><![CDATA[В Астане 27 октября состоится встреча главы Евросовета Шарля Мишеля с лидерами стран Центральной Азии. «ЕС готов углублять связи с Центральной Азией и поддерживать региональное сотрудничество», – сообщил накануне визита в Казахстан Шарль Мишель. Он также проведет переговоры с президентом Касым-Жомартом Токаевым, а 28 октября посетит Ташкент. Ожидается, что в ходе переговоров будут обсуждаться вопросы энергетического сотрудничества и транспортные проекты, в которых заинтересованы стороны.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:46:29 +0600</pubDate>
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