What the Launch of a UN Hub in Almaty Could Mean for Stability in Afghanistan and Central Asia

On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This initiative, first proposed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly in 2019,Continue Reading

Kazakhstan’s Plans for a Regional Sustainable Development Goals Center Backed at UN

On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to established a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with the support of 152 countries.  Kazakhstan’s presidential administration, Aqorda, called the adoption a “significant foreign policy success for Kazakhstan.” Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev firstContinue Reading

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Finalize Border Agreement

Government officials from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at last finalized a border delimitation agreement during a meeting at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on February 21. The meeting, spearheaded by Saimumin Yatimov, the head of Tajikistan’s security services, and Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s security services, “occurred in anContinue Reading