(John C. K. Daly – The Jamestown Foundation) Four Central Asian countries are constructing major new cities designed for hundreds of thousands of residents—Kyrgyzstan’s Asman, Kazakhstan’s Alatau, Uzbekistan’s New Tashkent, and Turkmenistan’s Arkadağ. These cities aim to solve urban population pressures and economic challenges by offering state-of-the-art facilities to attract foreign direct investment, prevent brain drain, and accommodate rural-to-urban migration, though corruption issues complicate fundraising efforts. The new cities reflect Central Asia’s post-Soviet integration into wider global markets, as they seek investment from countries including the People’s Republic of China, Türkiye, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, while so far lacking Russian participation.
Central Asia Building New Cities
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