Kazakhstan

  • Oct 22, 2019
  • 2 min read

Kazakh president weakens credibility by ceding power

Kazakhstan's new president has handed significant powers to his predecessor, who is supposed to be standing back

Kazakhstan
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • 8 min read

Central Asian states face high climate change risks

A fragile environment where dry steppes depend on mountain glaciers will be hard hit by rising temperatures

Central Asia
  • Oct 2, 2019
  • 7 min read

Kazakh government will try to moderate oil reliance

Expanded manufacturing and restricted reserve fund use are two routes to mitigating an oil economy's vulnerabilities

Kazakhstan
  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstan steps up online surveillance

A new government security certificate raises significant privacy concerns

Kazakhstan
  • Jul 17, 2019
  • 12 min read

New Kazakh leader will prioritise caution over change

The government looks set on using state-funded largesse to placate its people

Kazakhstan
  • Jul 10, 2019
  • 7 min read

Central Asia drives Syria repatriations to reduce risk

The governments of four Central Asian states are actively bringing home nationals who lived under Islamic State rule

Central Asia
  • Jun 10, 2019
  • 2 min read

New Kazakh president short of legitimacy and backing

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has become Kazakhstan's second president, to little public excitement

Kazakhstan
  • May 29, 2019
  • 7 min read

Kazakh election will merely defer transition challenge

No one expected democratic transition, but the prospective president is offering no change at all

Kazakhstan