President Nursultan Nazarbayev's administration in Kazakhstan has received a diplomatic boost from Russia, as Astana strives to convene a summit of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe member states.
South Korea is Uzbekistan's new best friend. Not only has Seoul emerged as an important commercial partner for Tashkent, South Korean leaders are heaping praise on Uzbek President Islam Karimov's management style.
A comment by a senior pro-government member of Armenia's National Assembly that the Armenian parliament could be the first to ratify a reconciliation deal with Turkey has provided a fresh twist in the ongoing heated debate about the fate of the peace package.
A year after the mysterious murder of Azerbaijani air force chief Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev, government investigators say they still have no idea about the killer's motive or identity.
(RFE/RL) -- NATO and Afghan troops today swept into Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Province in the biggest joint military offensive since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban.
Some 15,000 US, British, and Afghan soldiers -- aided by 60 helicopters -- are taking part in the operation targeting the town of Marjah, one of the last big Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan.
A member of parliament in Azerbaijan has proposed ditching the International Women's Day holiday on March 8 and replacing it with a celebration of the April 28 birthday of President Ilham Aliyev's late mother. The proposed change is stoking fresh debate about the Aliyev family's place in Azerbaijani society.
"Reintegration" and "reconciliation" are two buzzwords that are driving stabilization efforts in Afghanistan these days. But the terms mean different things to different stakeholders in the process.
The visit of Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev to Washington in early February failed to produce any agreements on pressing issues, according to US State Department officials.
