Kazakhstan

  • Apr 5, 2022
  • 7 min read

Kazakh leader manages domestic and external pressures

Kazakhstan's leadership is dealing with a difficult neighbourhood as well as concerns about instability at home

Kazakhstan
  • Mar 16, 2022
  • 2 min read

Russia curbs grain sales and considers ban

The government has a near-complete ban on grain sales ready but has not yet enacted it

Russia
  • Feb 1, 2022
  • 7 min read

Russia turns security bloc into agile policy tool

Moscow has exploited a crisis in Kazakhstan by acting resolutely but with restraint, creating a new foreign policy tool

Russia
  • Jan 28, 2022
  • 7 min read

Kazakhstan will reassure investors as reforms unfold

The president is promising improvements to people's lives to reduce protest risk and keep foreign investors in place

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 28, 2022
  • 7 min read

India and Central Asian states will boost cooperation

The Indian prime minister and the leaders of all five Central Asian republics have held a summit

India
  • Jan 20, 2022
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev will have to accept downgrade

Former President Nazarbayev has been formally stripped of key powers but granted a few continuing rights

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 17, 2022
  • 2 min read

Nazarbayevs sidelined in Kazakhstan for now at least

The former president's sons-in-law and a nephew have lost positions of influence as President Tokayev consolidates power

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 14, 2022
  • 7 min read

Kazakh leader stronger but unmet promises are a risk

President Tokayev has clamped down harshly on protests but is offering a new deal that addresses grievances

Kazakhstan