With Xu Qiliang making stops in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, China is continuing to boost security relations in the region.

The landmark agreement settles some Caspian Sea issues, but leaves others open for further discussion.

Central Asian countries are betting on the BRI for long-term benefits, despite the apparent risks.

Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national, was released on a suspended sentence and will not be deported to China.

The complexities of international relations aside, is Kazakhstan going to choose China over Kazakhs?

After buying out its main competitor, Kazakhstan's largest lender could plan to establish a subsidiary in Uzbekistan.

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.

China's troubled CEFC will pass on a deal to buy a majority stake in KMGI, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's Kazmunaigas.

The SCO is not a platform for harmony or discord per se, rather it is what the members make of it.

Mukhtar Ablyazov's efforts to orchestrate protests from abroad have had feeble results. But Kazakh authorities are taking no chances.

Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, head of the Kazakh Senate, suggested Nazarbayev won't run in 2020 -- then walked the comment back.

Iskander Yerimbetov’s counsel recounts his client’s latest court hearing.

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

In Central Asia, Chinese companies can score financing from both Beijing and local capitals. But is anyone profiting?

OPEC and non-OPEC oil majors meet later this month to decide on ending production cut scheme early