On June 9, Kazakhstan will elect its first non-Nazarbayev president.

Kazakhstan’s first president resigned, but he remains fundamentally intertwined with the state.

As Kazakhstan undergoes its first power transition, the awakening of public politics is inevitable.

While Kazakhstan may have a more vibrant media space than Uzbekistan, the trends in each country are moving in opposite directions.

The protest mood looks likely to grow as Kazakhstan approaches snap presidential elections.

A handful of people will technically run for the Kazakh presidency, but are they just “puppets” in a play?

One really has to wonder what the point of all this political theater has been?

Insights from George Voloshin.

The lawsuit alleges that Sater plotted to use Trump-branded skyscrapers to launder money allegedly stolen from a Kazakhstan bank.

Catherine Putz joins the podcast to explain Nursultan Nazarbayev’s decision to resign the Kazakh presidency.

In 1990, Bruce Pannier first went to Central Asia -- what was it like and what’s changed since then?

As the first Central Asian state to sit on the UNSC, what did Kazakhstan achieve?

Not quite, but the denouement has surely begun.

After nearly 30 years as president, Nazarbayev made a shocking resignation announcement.

After the abrupt firing of the Kazakh government last week, a new cabinet was immediately approved.

The Kazakh president told his government to resign following public protests in the capital in recent weeks.