Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Despite his resignation from the presidency in March 2019, Nursultan Nazarbayev’s shadow lies heavily across the “new” leadership. The January parliamentary elections confirmed the paradox.

A presidential election in Kyrgyzstan and a parliamentary election in Kazakhstan kick off 2021 in Central Asia.

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

The new Kazakh parliament will, at least numerically, look very much like the previous iteration.

In 2019, Kazakhstan was catapulted into political transition. 2020 has yielded its own shocking changes.

Kazakh President Tokayev pushed back on Moscow’s timelines for the EAEU’s 2025 development strategy.

First President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter was just dismissed from her post as chair of the Senate. Is it a sign of a power struggle?

Emomali Rahmon finally joins in on regional telediplomacy with recent calls with the leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

Is democracy, the Tokayev way, just the same authoritarian regime skillfully imitating democratic institutions and procedures to legitimate itself?

Around 80 activists were arrested on March 1 in Almaty in connection to an unsanctioned rally in memory of an activist who died in jail. 

Despite its regional outreach, Kazakhstan's diplomatic priority will remain Russia, China, and Europe.