Central Asia-US Summit: Address Region’s Growing Repression

Central Asia-US Summit: Address Region’s Growing Repression

Click to expand Image Flags of the five Central Asian countries at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Liesa Hannssen (Berlin, November 3, 2025) – Governments attending the Central Asia-US summit on November 6, 2025, should focus on improving their human rights records amid discussions of economic and security cooperation, Human Rights Watch said today. The summit is taking place while all participating governm…

Op-ed | Trump’s Central Asia Gambit

A well placed source in the US Government has told the Reuters News Agency that President Trump will be meeting with the leaders of the five central Asian states on 6th November.[1] Is the US serious about being involved in the region, or is it more a political gambit?   The source said that the purpose of his discussions with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan would be trade and security guarantees. N…