Brussels will host top officials from across Central Asia and the Caucasus as the EU aims to use its influence and pocketbook to push back against Beijing and Moscow.
From weapons manufacturing to stepped up prospecting for rare earths reserves, the ripple effects of Beijing's latest export controls on the minerals will be wide.
As Kazakhstan forges ahead with a plan to build up a state-of-the-art surveillance network, it's increasingly relying on Chinese hardware. That’s raising concerns among activists and experts that Astana will have new tools to track dissidents and enforce censorship.
A recently released 800-page cache of contracts and correspondence shows that Russia is helping China prepare its military for a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to an independent think tank that received the files and had them independently verified.
A schoolteacher shares her harrowing account of the torture and forced sterilization she witnessed at an internment camp in northwestern China.
US President Donald Trump suggested that his administration was negotiating with the Taliban for US forces to once again occupy the base outside of Kabul, which was abandoned in 2021 shortly before the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan.
Chinese universities linked to the country’s defense sector have dramatically increased their partnerships in Russia, providing Moscow with access to innovations that help its war effort in Ukraine, data compiled by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and shared with RFE/RL shows.
Two men accused of attempting to smuggle US military technology to China and harassing a dissident Chinese-American artist have escaped house arrest in Serbia, sparking an international search.
As attention focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the SCO and a military parade last week in China, Beijing inked a slew of new deals worth billions of dollars with Central Asian governments and businesses, particularly those in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
US President Donald Trump issued a forceful call for all NATO members to halt their purchases of Russian oil, saying that such a move would help end the deadly conflict in Ukraine.
Russia’s Gazprom made headlines in Beijing last week as it announced progress on the ambitious gas pipeline. But analysts who spoke to RFE/RL say that the megaproject is still a long way off from ever getting built.
China showcased its expanding military prowess and strategic alliances during a grand parade in Beijing, marking 80 years since the end of World War II.
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