Ukraine: It’s the new world order, stupid
Ukraine is about much more than the security of one sovereign nation. The battle for Ukraine is a battle for the new world order.
In...
Kazakhstan: from the Games of Thrones to the Jewel in the String of Pearls
Authors: Florin Pasatoiu and Cristian Nitoiu*
Kazakhstan: a key player and a logistic hub for China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a member of the Russia-led...
China-Russia strategic alignment: Is international relations entering a new era?
Authors: Sultana Yesmin and Noor Mohammad Sarker*
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China on February 4, 2022. The first...
France, Germany and the Ukraine Crisis
After French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ukraine and Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz embarked on a visit of Ukraine and Russia. Scholz had...
Kazakhstan & The Dilemma of Inaction
“We don’t choose the times we live in. The only choice we have is how we respond.” This quote from Munich: The Edge of...
Putin’s War And Modi’s Peace
The French poet and philosopher, Paul Valery, noting the fragility of civilizations and the possibility that they "can perish by accident" wrote, "the abyss...
U.S.-Russia-China triangle
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on February 4, 2022 (this was the 38th meeting between both of them after...
Central Asia Needs to Promote Women Politicians
Hidden from the world’s attention, with its five “stans” and 79 million people, Central Asia has been a region of democratic growth after the...
How Kazakhstan ensures interethnic harmony
The focus of the last twelve months has undoubtedly been on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and returning the world to normalcy. Yet alongside this...
Great powers rivalry in Central Asia: New strategy, old game
In international politics, interstate rivalry involves conflicting relations between two international rivalries that are nation states. A fundamental feature of rivalry involves the willingness...