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Kazakhstan Expands Rail Network and Transit Corridors to Strengthen Eurasian Connectivity

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is strengthening its position as a key Eurasian transport and logistics hub...

Pakistan & Afghanistan as Transit Hubs: An Untapped Game-Changer for Regional Connectivity

Central Asia: Encompassing Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sit atop some of the world’s most significant reserves of natural gas, oil, uranium, and...

China Mobile plans fresh Central Asia link to Hong Kong submarine cable network

Telecoms giant China Mobile International is planning another route to connect terrestrial cables in Central Asia with Hong Kong’s submarine network, aiming to enable more efficien...

Central Asia Expands Tech Reach with New Hub in Southeast Asia

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Astana Hub, IT Park Uzbekistan and venture fund Big Sky Capital agreed to launch an in...

Afghanistan-Central Asia consultative meeting held to boost trade, security ties

KABUL, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The first Afghanistan-Central Asia consultative meeting opened in Kabul on Sunday, hosted by Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing together...

Kazakhstan, Georgia Reaffirm Trans-Caspian Corridor Amid Shifting Trade Routes

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan and Georgia moved to accelerate development of the Trans-Caspian Internatio...

Central Asias Ascent: From Geopolitical Object to Collective Actor

Islam SupyaldiyarovDownload PDFApr 21 2026pavel_miheev.list.ru/DepositphotosIn a 2024 article,Navigating New Realities: Central Asias Role in Contemporary Geopolitics, my co-author...

Kazakhstan, Qatar Move to Boost Energy Security and Trade Connectivity

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – Kazakhstan and Qatar discussed expanding cooperation in energy, gas processing, and tr...

Middle Corridor showing rapidly growing potential

The Middle multimodal Corridor (TITR – Trans-Caspian International Transport Route) is increasingly strengthening its position within the international freight transport [...]

As US-Iran war chokes Hormuz, can Central Asia’s ‘Middle Corridor’ rise to the rescue?

As the US-Israeli war with Iran chokes off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the “Middle Corridor” is being held up as a critical alternative lifeline linking East Asia to Eur...

China's western rail gateway speeds freight links to Europe, Central Asia

URUMQI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Freight train traffic through Alashankou, also known as Alataw Pass, a major rail gateway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has excee...

Roundup: Symposium highlights China's development initiatives in Central Asia

BISHKEK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- An international symposium on modernizing Central Asia on Thursday examined ways in which China's Global Development Initiative could bolster growth a...

How Great Steppe Stayed Connected Before Modern Technology

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Long before the internet and instant messaging, information played a crucial role in t...

The Middle Corridor in an Era of Supply Chain Disruption

The route has proven its value in times of crisis. Can it evolve into a primary artery of Eurasian trade?

As Hormuz Tensions Rise, Central Asia’s Role as Transit Hedge Grows

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – As risks around key maritime chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz intensify, Centr...

Kazakhstan, Kenya Seek Direct Flights and New Trade Corridor Linking Central Asia and East Africa

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – Nearly 85% of all overland cargo traffic between China and Europe passes through Kazak...

Central Asia and China Strengthen Coordination on Regional Security, Cybercrime

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with the interior and public security ministers fr...

Bloomberg: Middle East Tensions Drive China-Europe Trade Through Kazakhstan

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s national railway operator is expanding rail lines, ports and cargo capaci...

China’s expanding footprint in Central Asia

Hormuz Crisis Has Supercharged The Middle Corridor Trade Route

While diplomatic efforts struggle to stabilize access to the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between the United States and Iran, Eurasian trade is increasingly being redirected towa...

Building a tech corridor: Central Asia targets Southeast Asia’s digital boom

Central Asia is attempting a bolder tech push into Southeast Asia with a newly announced international technology hub in Malaysia, following a tripartite memorandum signed at the C...

Reordering Central Asia: China’s Emerging Economic Hierarchy

Introduction For much of the post–Cold War period, Central Asia was framed as a space of Sino-Russian coordination, institutionalized through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization...

Armenia, Kazakhstan discuss rail connectivity, regional trade

YEREVAN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Railway links and unblocking regional routes dominated talks Thursday between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and visiting Kazakh Foreign Minis...

KYRGYZSTAN-BISHKEK-CHINA-CENTRAL ASIA-INT'L SYMPOSIUM

(260417) -- BISHKEK, April 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 16, 2026 shows a scene during an international symposium on modernizing Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzsta...