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Published in: oDRKazakhstan's Democracy Gap
Over its two decades of independence Kazakhstan has made enormous progress. Economic reforms, energy exploitation...
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Published in: oDRCentral Asia: succession planning in dictatorships
Kyrgyzstan aside, recent elections in Central Asia would appear to indicate that the regions’ leaders are aiming to...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan and India revive peace process after meeting of foreign ministers
Pakistan and India have revived the peace process after the foreign ministers of the two countries met in New Delhi....
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Published in: oDRDecapitated dogs and burning bureaus: the year Kazakhstan did democracy
Kazakhstan’s 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE has not passed without controversy. Reforms promised at the beginning of...
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Published in: oDRDreaming of the sea, or a holiday in Moynaq
Daniel Metcalfe's book ‘Out of Steppe’ describes his journey through Central Asia. In this excerpt he describes the...
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Published in: oDRBelarusian "godfather" falls out with his masters
On the eve of a Customs Union agreement between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian state television began an...
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