More: Kazakhstan
“Pyrrhic Sovereignty” – The Treasure of the Tengiz
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes - or so goes the adage. This is at play in the Caspian today as...
Can Kazakhstan prove Huntington wrong?
Geography and politics undoubtedly conditioned Kazakhstan as a country. It is home to 140 ethnic groups and 17 religions in the intersection of different...
The Foundation of Central Asia: Kazakhstan’s Journey from Past to Future
Of the five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan was the last Soviet Republic to leave the USSR....
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline: Geopolitics Near and Abroad
Russia’s energy control appears to be soon coming to a halt as Caspian members, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, plan on gaining control over vital areas...
The Silk Road Superhighway: Kazakh Transportation as Geopolitics
It is entirely common for a federal government to make budgetary promises to improve infrastructure. Indeed, every country around the world is full with...
Kazakhstan beyond Borat
Kazakhstan, it seems, has a very clear and coherent idea of what kind of image does it want to project on the international stage...
The growing importance of the Caspian countries and their constant changes
In this series of articles, we intend to present an overview on the Caspian countries, their history, their changing politics and economy in order...
Caspian Energy Politics
Overland, I., Kjaernet, H. and Kendall-Taylor, A. (eds). (2009) Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. New York: Routledge. Offering an expansion on...
The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea
The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea- Current Challenges and Prospects for Future Development, Barbara Janusz- Pawletta (Springer- 2015- 176 pages) “Is it possible...
Astana: A City Analysis and Future Development
Futuristic, expansive, cold, frigid, and even the “the space station in the steppes” are some words that are used to describe Kazakhstan’s capital of...