- November 5th, 2024
Russia's agricultural safety watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, announced this week a temporary ban on several key agricultural imports from Kazakhstan. The banned items include tomatoes, peppers, fresh melons, wheat, flax seeds, and lentils, highlighting a growing strain between the two neighboring countries....
Asia, the largest continent on Earth, is a diverse and culturally rich region encompassing a vast array of countries, each with its own unique identity. Asia's geopolitical landscape involves exploring its countries, their capitals, currencies, and populations. This essay provides...
For most of the three decades since gaining independence in 1991, Turkmenistan has been conspicuously absent from discussions on Central Asia's geopolitical and economic strategies. Ashgabat's reticence in sharing data and allowing external analysis fostered this neglect. When mentioned, it...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) recently held its inaugural joint anti-terrorism drill in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking a significant milestone in the organization's efforts to combat global terrorism. The large-scale exercise, named Anti-terrorism Interaction-2024, featured live forces...
Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his commitment to working with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to build a more substantive and dynamic China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future. This commitment aims to inject positive energy into the development and stability of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Wednesday in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of the three-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. During their meeting, Xi stressed the importance of conserving the unique value in China-Russia...
In 2023, Central Asian leaders demonstrated an increased willingness to institutionalize cooperation through annual summits and unified approaches to third countries. Despite foreign policy challenges, the focus of these meetings remained economic. Since 2017, the five Central Asian leaders have...
Kazakhstan's National Bank has introduced a digital analogue to the national currency, the tenge, to streamline financial transactions and reduce corruption. The Digital Tenge (DT) is a unique payment tool that is centrally issued by the National Bank, unlike cryptocurrencies....
Kazakhstan's population is set to surpass 20 million for the first time, with over 70% of its residents being ethnic Kazakhs. This growth is accompanied by developments that threaten the country's stability and could be exploited by outside powers. Some...
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Russia's annexation of more of Kazakhstan, relations between the two countries have deteriorated. An increasing number of Kazakhs are expressing concerns about their country being the next target of Russian aggression and that Moscow...
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