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Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:22
A summit in Bishkek of the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has focused on fostering economic development and regional security cooperation, especially regarding the situation in Afghanistan.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:14
The problem, experts say, is that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) appears unable to rise to the challenge of becoming the region's go-to security watchdog.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:09
But by attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on September 13 in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, Hassan Rohani has an opportunity to directly advance his most urgent foreign-policy priority.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 10:29
Putin went on to describe Iran as a "good neighborhood," and praised what he called a "long history of cooperation" between the two countries.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:43
There may be a new Great Game in Central Asia, but it is going to have a lot less importance to the United States than the new Great Game in the western Pacific and East Asian waters.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:41
Court documents surfaced on September 11 showing Nigina Toshkhojaeva had helped two men wanted in Tajikistan to flee the country to join terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:39
Zayd Saidov, a lawmaker and the leader of Tajikistan's unregistered New Tajikistan party, was arrested in May and charged with bribe-taking, abuse of office, financial fraud, extortion, among other charges.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:31
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that deplores different types of pressure being exercised by Russia on the EU's Eastern neighbors.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:36
But Xi's energy and infrastructure deals ahead of the Bishkek summit show that the SCO is not the region's primary forum for cooperation when it comes to investment and trade.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:34
A joint declaration on strategic partnership is among several agreements that have been signed following talks in Bishkek between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Kyrgyz counterpart, Almazbek Atambaev.