Kazakhstan

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan has reportedly ordered the country’s state-run oil and natural gas company, KazMunayGas, to consider ways to diversify Kazakhstan’s oil exports—including through further development of the...

The Astana Finance Days conference in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from June 27 to 29 took place amidst deep economic woes in Central Asia caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is...

On Sunday, months after a series of riots in Kazakh cities led to a shakeup at the government’s highest levels and promises of political reform, Kazakhstan’s citizens overwhelmingly voted in favor of...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has established new strategic realities in Eurasia and made it clear that Russia is willing to go to great lengths to advance its interests. While...

The unfolding events in the post-Soviet space are challenging, but they will not derail our country’s march forward. The Russian-Ukraine conflict is a tragedy the scale of which the European continent has not experienced since long ago. Just two months prior to the outbreak...

For the past several weeks, all eyes have been on Ukraine, as Russian president Vladimir Putin prepared for and launched a full-scale invasion against a sovereign nation. This was not...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Kazakh crisis couldn’t have come at a more sensitive moment for Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who also cannot ignore the instability close...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Putin’s preference is almost certain to wait and see if President Tokayev can quell the unrest with the assistance of the “peacekeepers” from the...

The recent unrest in Kazakhstan quickly led to an intervention by the Collective Security Treaty Organization and triggered the appointment of a new prime minister. While events in Kazakhstan will...

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the embattled president of Kazakhstan, has requested assistance from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Eurasian military alliance containing six former Soviet republics, in restoring order...

The government of Kazakhstan declared a two-week state of emergency in Almaty, the country’s largest city, after protests over the price of gasoline turned violent. The decree, which went into...

The Kazakh Air Force is set to receive a fresh shipment of modernized Russian fighters, as the Central Asian state prepares for the new wave of regional turmoil emanating from...