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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan had a good run in 2023. Bucking the trend of the past decade, the region did not experience major conflicts, attempts at regime change or largescale violence. The ongoing energy crisis, exacerbated by a dry and hot summer, was perhaps the only blot on the landscape. But all five countries improvised solutions, edging towards increasing the share of renewable sources of power generation.
Central Asia’s economic performance . It added 4.8 per cent of GDP…