Kazakhstan

The border problem was rooted in preexisting issues, but was sparked and solved by politics alone.

OPEC and major non-OPEC producers agreed to extend the December 2016 production cut deal through 2018.

At the highest levels, yes. But the memories will linger.

India has yet to translate its aspirations in Central Asia into reality.

Chinese authorities have put increasing pressure on ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang.

The Paradise Papers leak shows that Sauat Mynbayev, a key in Kazakhstan's energy sector, could have conspired to hide millions in offshore havens.

The Kazakh-Kyrgyz rift continues to widen as Atambayev's presidency wanes.

Meanwhile, "cautious optimism" about Uzbekistan and a quick lesson on Soviet history in the region; weekend reading.

For the past month, lack of gasoline, price increases, and public discontent highlighted Kazakhstan's infrastructural and institutional impasse.

Kazakhstan has stymied trade at the border, but the quicksand poured first from President Atambayev’s mouth.

The action star has a long history of involvement in Eurasian affairs.

Social tensions boiled in Kazakhstan as three died in a coal mine and hundreds of workers and locals fought in Astana.