Kazakhstan

According to Forbes.kz, Kazakhstan’s top-three wealthiest amassed an additional $2.5 billion in one year.

Kazakhstan and the Caucasus nations are looking at the Trans-Caspian transportation corridor with renewed vigor given the war in Ukraine.

On June 5, Kazakhs will vote on a package of reforms intended to transform the country from a super-presidential system to a “presidential system with a strong parliament."

Even as China’s economic influence expands, a credibility gap looms in Central Asia.

The new law may pave the way for Kazakh authorities to influence the decisions of social media networks regarding content.

Kazakhstan is, indeed, looking at Ukraine carefully and thinking seriously. 

Kazakhstan stands to benefit as Russian companies look to move out of Russia in order to trade globally again.

Russian banks operating in Kazakhstan were thriving before the war. Now CenterCredit has bought Alfa-Bank’s assets in Kazakhstan.

While Kazakhstan has the potential to be an influential player in the global grain economy, it needs to first overcome domestic and logistic challenges.

Regional integration is often touted as a logical solution to problems like food insecurity, but it won’t necessarily solve a region-wide problem.

If the necessary policies are implemented, the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060 is ambitious, but achievable.

After recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic shockwave, Kazakhstan will see its growth prospects take a hit due to reverberations from the war in Ukraine.