Immigrant-run restaurants and shops have turned this Seoul neighborhood near Dongdaemun Market into a culinary and cultural hub for Central Asians, Mongolians and curious locals alike.

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, which was built by Shah Jahan of the Mughal dynasty is an example of the Indo-Persian architectural style. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yann The ongoing war in Iran has ...

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist leaders ...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, a shared Persianate cultural heritage did not translate into Iranian influence in Central Asia. Iran’s diplomatic activity in Central Asia has become more visible ...

The Office of Residential Life & Learning notified students on Feb. 25 that the Russian, Slavic and Central Asian Culture House will pause for the next academic year. “Interest in the house is very ...

The region is not merely a corridor to somewhere else. Nor is it a prize in someone else’s contest. It is a geopolitical space – with disparate yet largely collaborative actors – in its own right.