In a recent report, International Crisis Group urges Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to focus on reaching modest, bilateral agreements on water sharing, rather than seeking an all-or-nothing regional accord. According to ICG, the water situation in these countries is too dire to wait for a comprehensive agreement that might ultimately prove impossible to reach. The […]
Railroads connect, divide Central Asian neighbors
Earlier this month, officials from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan officially launched the effort to build a 400-kilometer railroad connecting the three countries. The new railroad will hypothetically provide producers in landlocked Tajikistan and Afghanistan with a new route to the Caspian Sea, while potentially opening South Asian markets to Turkmenistan and the other states of inner […]