A quiet revolution in connectivity is sweeping across Central Asia, and much of it is being delivered from low Earth orbit by an American company. Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by SpaceX, has moved rapidly across the region, promising high speed access to some of the most remote communities […]
Washington Backs a Trans Caspian Gas Pipeline as Turkmenistan Weighs Its Options
One of the oldest dreams in Caspian energy is stirring back to life. For more than twenty five years, planners have imagined a pipeline running beneath the Caspian Sea to carry natural gas from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan and onward to Europe. In 2026 the idea gained fresh momentum, driven by […]
Boeing’s Seven Billion Dollar Central Asia Moment
When the leaders of Central Asia gathered in Washington in November 2025 for the C5+1 Summit, one of the loudest headlines came not from a mine or a pipeline but from an aircraft factory. Boeing secured orders from three regional carriers, Air Astana of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Airways and Somon Air […]
Kazakhstan’s Uranium Card: Astana and Washington Deepen a Civil Nuclear Partnership
Kazakhstan rarely dominates global energy headlines, yet it sits on one of the most important resources of the coming decade. The Central Asian nation accounts for roughly 40 percent of the world’s mined uranium, and in the early months of 2026 it agreed to deepen its civil nuclear partnership with […]
American Financing Reshapes Central Asian Supply Chains as EXIM Backs Kazakhstan Tungsten
The United States is no longer simply talking about diversifying its mineral supply chains. It is financing them. At the 2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial on 5 February, senior American officials hosted representatives of 54 countries and unveiled a wave of new commitments, including up to $700 million from the Export […]
Turkiye Finalizes Its Critical Raw Materials Strategy as Washington Eyes Turkic Rare Earths
Few topics dominate global economic policy in 2026 like critical minerals, and Turkiye has moved to the center of that conversation. At the OECD Critical Minerals Forum in Istanbul on 28 April 2026, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Turkiye was finalizing a national Critical Raw Materials […]
Inside the TRIPP Development Company: The Commercial Engine Behind the Zangezur Corridor
The peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia captured global headlines in 2025. Less visible, but arguably more important for regional commerce, is the business vehicle now taking shape to build and operate the transport link at the heart of that deal, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, widely […]
A New Energy Axis: Türkiye and the United States Sign LNG and Civil Nuclear Agreements
Energy has quietly become one of the most productive pillars of the Türkiye United States relationship. Alongside the headline trade and aviation agreements of recent months, the two countries signed a 20 year liquefied natural gas supply agreement and a Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation memorandum of understanding, two deals that […]
Turkish Airlines Seals $30 Billion Boeing Order, Delivering a Major Win for American Manufacturing
One of the largest single transactions in the history of Türkiye United States commerce did not involve oil, steel or minerals. It involved aircraft. Turkish Airlines finalized an agreement with Boeing for up to 225 jets, a purchase valued at roughly $30 billion that the US Department of Commerce says […]
Turkiye and the United States Push Toward a $100 Billion Trade Target as 2026 Opens at Record Levels
Turkiye and the United States entered 2026 with fresh momentum behind one of the most ambitious goals in their commercial relationship, a bilateral trade volume of $100 billion. Speaking at a roundtable organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkiye and the US Chamber of Commerce on […]