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...
A Post-Crisis Kazakhstan: Economic and Social Transformation
Preconditions for protests
The deepening gap between what can be seen as economic successes and the low quality of life that a majority of the...
Is War Inevitable?
Over the past days and weeks, media outlets have been proliferating all kinds of apocalyptic predictions and scenarios on the immediate prospects of the...
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...
Post-Protest Kazakhstan Faces Three Major Crises
Kazakhstan suffered greatly from the biggest protest since its independence. As I recently returned to Almaty, I saw that everyday life is heading back...
Unrest in Kazakhstan Only Solidifies China-Russia Ties
The Russian-led military operation in Kazakhstan has presented an important test for Moscow’s ties with Beijing.
In early January, Kazakhstan was shaken by nationwide protests...
Putin’s post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms
Russian civilisationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whose frontiers are defined by...