At 78, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is the region's oldest leader. Naturally, speculation abounds about a successor.

International institutions fail to measure up to the task of tackling globalized financial crime.

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan’s aims to diversify their energy export markets got a boost recently.

Astana can't afford to push Beijing too hard, even on behalf of its own citizens detained in Xinjiang re-education camps.

If Astana and Tashkent can tackle long-term obstacles to growth, there’s great potential in the region.

New rounds of litigation add to the opaque case of fugitive ex-Kazakh minister Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Under the USSR, Kazakhstan hosted a sprawling network of prison camps that housed millions of prisoners.

Astana will face a number of practical and political issues in promoting renewable energy sources.

A major debate on the contentious issue of land reforms is underway in Kazakhstan.

The boxer is following a path first blazed by the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao.

The people of Kazakhstan have made their preferences clear.

Kazakhstan’s plan to privatize its state industries is ambitious, but it faces some major barriers.

What was once an adversarial relationship is giving way to a strategic partnership.

Nazarbayev’s overwhelming victory notwithstanding, change is taking place in Kazakhstan.

The two powers are pursuing competing interests in Central Asia.

As the Eurasian Economic Union takes effect, Kazakhstan maintains its ambitious economic diplomacy.