kazakhstan

The Kremlin didn’t invent term limit resets and constitutional referendums. The autocratic leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan blazed the trail.

Authoritarian states have been downplaying numbers. That won’t last.

The oil price crash is an existential threat to petrostates from Nigeria to Iran, where governments rely on oil wealth to stabilize power and pay off competing interests.

Testimonies and eyewitness accounts suggest the mass incarceration of ethnic Hui in China’s northwest.

On the Kazakh border, a new city grows.

Repression in Xinjiang leaves tens of thousands of children without parents.

The initiative that almost wasn’t still isn’t.

Nazarbayev’s successor has an impressive foreign profile but a raft of domestic problems.

Russia and Kazakhstan have plenty in common. Why not the transition plans for their longtime presidents?

The long-time autocrat's shock resignation kicks off an opaque succession process.

Activists are speaking out for those imprisoned in Xinjiang—even if their own government doesn’t like it.

House arrest or forced labor awaits most of those released so far in what may be a public relations ploy.

Kazakh case draws attention to plight of hundreds of thousands detained in Xinjiang

From Russia to Central Asia, Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative triggers bad memories of Chinese imperialism.

The trick this time will be to secure a ceasefire for Idlib province.

Are cross-cultural marriages the key to integrating a region?

Kazakhstan — Central Asia’s most stable state — is waking up to the fact that Islamic extremism has planted its roots and is here to stay.

The Central Asian country built a futuristic city to host the World's Fair and polish its own brand. One small problem: it forgot to invite guests.