Kazakhstan

The first president’s daughter is on the list of 76 deputies Nur Otan aims to seat in the new parliament.

While the result is not in doubt, the elections could mark the next stage in Kazakhstan’s ongoing transition of power.

The January 2021 World Bank Global Economic Prospects report is out, heralding a “subdued” recovery for the world. How fares Central Asia?

A pair of Russian lawmakers last month said Kazakhstan’s territory was a “gift” from Russia, resurrecting an old offensive tune.

A bottleneck on the Kazakh-China border has left thousands of wagons waiting to cross for weeks on end.

Why bother analyzing elections in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan if we think we know the results?

After some initial commotion in the political environment, the parliamentary race folded back into a roll-call of loyalists. 

In Beijing’s pursuit of shifting its trade and energy dependencies from sea to land, Nur-Sultan is a necessary partner.

The additional troops won’t be deployed until 2022 and it's not clear where they will be stationed.

Mukhtar Ablyazov is kryptonite in Kazakh politics.

Bilash headed a group advocating for greater attention to the ethnic Kazakhs detained in China’s camps in Xinjiang. It got him in trouble with the Kazakh government.

A bank close to Nazarbayev buys a competitor, while smaller lenders continue to fall.