when Soviet apparatchiks decided what territory the five Central Asian republics (then part of the Soviet Union) should each control. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the borders that Kazakhstan ...

TOKYO -- Recent moves toward closer integration in Central Asia, 30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, are likely to attract economic cooperation and investment in the strategically ...

Kyrgyz and Tajik lawmakers have agreed to settle a century-long border dispute, paving the way for a new “Schengen area” in Central Asia. Parliaments in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ratified the ...

Central Asia – a region bordering Russia to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south – was, just a decade ...

The Kyrgyz Republic’s “Tulip” or “People’s” Revolution – the 20 anniversary of which falls on March 24 – is one of the most significant events experienced by Central Asia since the ...

"The borders of Egypt have been historically stable ... which critics say was violated by the agreement, stipulates that redrawing national boarders has to be through a public referendum, as ...