More: Kazakhstan
More Efficient Residential Heating in Kazakhstan Can Help with Cleaner Air and Improved Health
Health impacts and premature deaths from air pollution in Kazakhstan's cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan are primarily caused by fine particles emitted as a...
Azerbaijan: “lynchpin” of the Organization of Turkic States?
Founded in 2009, with the signing of the Nakhchivan Agreement, the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States transformed into a full-fledged international organization –...
Abkhazia’s Cold Relationship with Central Asia
When violence erupted in Kazakhstan in January of this year, Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania published a statement where he supported the Kazakh government and...
Escaping a bear hug: Kazakhstan seeks closer ties to US and Europe
Eight years ago, Kazakh shrugged off Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks suggesting he could pull a Ukraine on Kazakhstan. They did so again in...
Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as New Instrument in Nuclear Disarmament Process
On June 21–23, Vienna will host a historic event in the field of nuclear disarmament – the First Meeting of the States Parties to...
Tokayev’s Second Republic and its future
Since Tokayev’s assumption of presidential office in March 2019 and election in June the same year, there have not been many changes so far,...
Contesting Russia requires renewed US engagement in Central Asia
When US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened" that it would no longer be able...
Iran capitalises on Central Asian vacuum created by the Ukraine war
Anti-Iranian protests in Afghanistan and the stabbing of three clerics in Iran threaten to cast a shadow over Iranian efforts to capitalise on the...
Reforms under the shadow of war
As war rages in our region, historical new reforms were introduced in Kazakhstan. Until now, after 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union,...
Kazakhstan Sits On The Powder Keg Once Again
The Russia Ukraine war and the imposed sanctions significantly impact Eastern and Central Europe. The collateral damage goes beyond Europe as Central Asia also...