TAP-500 is one of several energy and infrastructure schemes in Central Asia involving collaboration by Turkish companies.

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boundaries, others show different voting blocs in ...

But in term of mainstream press coverage, Central Asian has been off the map. Central Asia, while probably ... of the Russian political and economic system as rapidly as possible. The Russians also ...

after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and political interests. They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since.

Deepening conflicts, low oil prices, and spillovers from the slowdowns in Russia and China continue to weigh on economic growth in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) and ...