Kazakhstan

  • Aug 29, 2013
  • 6 min read

Oligarch's arrest disarms Kazakhstan's opposition

French police recently arrested exiled oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov at his rented villa near Cannes....

Kazakhstan
  • Aug 12, 2013
  • 6 min read

Kazakh security measures address emerging threats

Faced with growing threats of terrorism and religious extremism, Kazakhstan has recently adopted...

Kazakhstan
  • Aug 9, 2013
  • 10 min read

Oil-rich Kazakhstan seeks to balance China and Russia

As a landlocked country, solid relations with neighbouring states and a developed infrastructure...

Kazakhstan
  • Jul 19, 2013
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstani fracas shows Italian coalition's impotence

Letta today asked the Senate to support Alfano, who faces a no-confidence motion over his role in...

Italy
  • Jun 5, 2013
  • 6 min read

Kazakhstan's ambitious IPO targets mask mid-term risks

In 2012, Kazakhstan started an ambitious People's IPO (initial public offering) programme,...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 9, 2013
  • 7 min read

Central Asia succession risks to drive elite struggles

News that the Uzbek President Islam Karimov may have suffered a heart attack in March prompted...

Central Asia
  • Jan 25, 2013
  • 6 min read

Kazakhstan's ambitious strategy hinges on oil wealth

In his annual State of the Nation address on December 14, President Nursultan Nazarbayev...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 10, 2013
  • 1 min read

Kazakhstan energy boom on horizon

Kazakhstan