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«You Do Not Move If You Only Tread Water»

Historian Peter Frankopan has written a brillant follow up to his bestseller «The Silk Roads». In the three years since its release the world has changed at an enormous pace. We asked him how the BRI plays into these recent developments.

UPCOMING EVENTS

[WEBCAST] Greening the Belt and Road in Central Asia

30 Apr 2020

12 - 1 p.m.

Video

The Travels of Marco Polo in China and Central Asia (Complete)

Art historian Michael Henss traces Marco Polo's journey from Italy to the Far East.

Indonesian firefighters work to extinguish a peatland fire in South Sumatra on September 11, 2015. (Abdul Qodir/AFP/Getty Images)

Blog Post

Weekly Rewind: Planet Tajikistan, The First 'Smart Nation,' and Thailand's Museum of Corruption

Our latest Weekly Rewind, featuring some of the best Asia-related content you may have missed from the past seven days.

Video

Four Tasks for Greater Central Asia

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns outlines specific ways the U.S. hopes to aid the cause of greater interconnectedness in Central Asia.

Video

Expanding Economic Connectivity in Greater Central Asia (Complete)

Regional representatives from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan review efforts to promote a stable and secure Central Asia with U.S. State Department officials.

Article

Former State Department Official Discusses Democracy and Security in Central Asia, Upcoming Elections in Afghanistan

David A. Merkel turns focus to issues of democracy and security in the five Central Asia nations.

Overhead view of the Syr Darya river in Uzbekistan, with an irrigation canal on the right. From Carolyn Drake's "Two Rivers." (Carolyn Drake)

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Multimedia/Interview: 'Two Rivers' Run Through Arresting Portrait of Central Asia

"I would have never felt the need to do the work if I already had the answers," says photographer Carolyn Drake, who spent six years documenting Central Asia's borders, geography, ethnicities, and tumultuous history.

Japan's Mount Fuji, hailed as a "sacred place and source of artistic inspiration" in a new UNESCO heritage designation. (Lintaro H./Flickr)

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Photos: From Fujisan to Iran, UNESCO Names Eight New Heritage Sites in Asia

This year's list includes eight newly minted cultural and natural heritage sites across seven Asian countries.

Petroleum tanks owned by Hurricane Kumkol Munai in Chemkent, Kazakhstan. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Blog Post

Central Asia's Energy Market: From Moscow to Beijing

In the future, competition for energy reserves in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will be between Russia and China, with time being on Beijing's side.

A sheep herd leaving camp early in the morning in the remote Pamir plateau, in northeastern Afghanistan. Shepherds often carry guns, as wolf attacks on livestock are not uncommon. (Matthieu Paley)

Blog Post

Photos: Kyrgyz People Cling to Tradition in Forbidding Corner of Northern Afghanistan

Photographer Matthieu Paley spent more than a decade photographing the Afghan Kyrgyz people, who live in one of the world's most remote and inhospitable areas.

A panoramic view of the Fann Mountains of northwest Tajikistan on September 24, 2012. (erh1103/Flickr)

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Photo of the Day: Majestic Mountains in Tajikistan

A panoramic view of the Fann Mountains of northwest Tajikistan on September 24, 2012. (erh1103/Flickr)

Article

First Look Festival Welcomes Public to New Asia Society Texas Center

Asia Society Texas Center offered a long-anticipated first look at its spectacular new home in Houston’s Museum District.

A Turkmen woman and a man cast their ballots at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on December 5, 2010. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

report

Central Asia's Crisis of Governance

This report describes critical governance and stability challenges in a region marred by staggering levels of corruption, human rights abuses, conflict, and civil unrest.

Video

Central Asia: A Crisis of Governance

Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz Fellow Philip Shishkin previews his report "Central Asia's Crisis of Governance."

Students on a school outing in Tokyo. (Asia Society)

Article

Teaching English in Japan

Jeni Washeleski talks about her experiences working with teachers as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET).

Article

Religions of the Silk Road

An Interview with author Richard C. Foltz.

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Tajikistan

«You Do Not Move If You Only Tread Water»

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Travels of Marco Polo in China and Central Asia (Complete)

Weekly Rewind: Planet Tajikistan, The First 'Smart Nation,' and Thailand's Museum of Corruption

Four Tasks for Greater Central Asia

Expanding Economic Connectivity in Greater Central Asia (Complete)

Former State Department Official Discusses Democracy and Security in Central Asia, Upcoming Elections in Afghanistan

Multimedia/Interview: 'Two Rivers' Run Through Arresting Portrait of Central Asia

Photos: From Fujisan to Iran, UNESCO Names Eight New Heritage Sites in Asia

Central Asia's Energy Market: From Moscow to Beijing

Photos: Kyrgyz People Cling to Tradition in Forbidding Corner of Northern Afghanistan

Photo of the Day: Majestic Mountains in Tajikistan

First Look Festival Welcomes Public to New Asia Society Texas Center

Central Asia's Crisis of Governance

Central Asia: A Crisis of Governance

Teaching English in Japan

Religions of the Silk Road

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