Uzbekistan has a chance to shake off Karimov’s legacy
The next president must work to build an effective common market, writes Ahmed Rashid
Uzbek leadership transition comes at critical time in the region
Area is dominated by ageing autocrats pointing to possible future instability
Corruption: Moving money out of purgatory
In the crackdown on kleptocracy, ‘global policemen’ states have faced difficulties in returning illicit assets to citizens
Kazakh leader needs to address real grievances
Any domestic instability could have repercussions internationally
President says foreign forces trying to destabilise Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev says deadly attacks in Aktobe orchestrated from abroad
Kazakh privatisation drive shapes up as a hard sell
Astana puts crown jewels on the block in biggest clear-out since independence
Kazakhstan runs economic risks with its hyperactivity
The central Asian state’s financial crisis requires simpler solutions
Crisis-hit Kazakhstan unveils ambitious privatisation plan
Plans for about 60 state companies to be privatised
Kazakhstan replaces central bank governor
Move comes less than three months after currency allowed to float freely
Kazakhstan faces oil dilemma as prices plunge
Cash-strapped government risks workers’ ire if it reforms industry
Central Asia: After the strongmen
The succession question of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan grows more urgent
Nazarbayev wins resounding victory in Kazakhstan election
President extends 25-year rule in resource-rich central Asian country
Kazakhstan opens up to stave off economic crisis
Ukraine crisis and slowing oil prices hit country
Standoff with west reveals splinters in Putin’s Eurasia project
Kazakhstan and Belarus wary of being dragged into sanctions war
China and Russia seen to affect growth of Kazakhstan’s economy
As Kazakhstan’s economy grows, some are concerned at the power of its elites and the competing influences of Russia and China
TBA belies its name as Blair Inc oils into new markets
“I go where I can do good, if you’ll excuse the double meaning”
Kazakhs battle to stave off chill blowing in from Russian steppe
Astana prepares package to boost economic growth
Putin’s attempt to recreate the Soviet empire is futile
Moscow sees Eurasian union as justification for recreating the old firmament, says Lilia Shevtsova
UN condemns Italy’s deportation of mother and child
Expulsion of Kazakh dissident’s family was ‘extraordinary rendition’
