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How the US Should Respond to China’s Belt and Road

oficialwhitehousA focus on promoting transparency and fighting corruption rather than China-bashing will be more successful in the long run.

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Report says hackers detected online protest-sniffing software in Kazakhstan

digitalrevolutionReport says hackers detected online protest-sniffing software in Kazakhstan

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As jihadi trial ends, Kazakhstan blurs lines between opposition and extremism

djikhadkzThree men received prison sentences of between seven and eight years.

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Kazakhstan: Political Facebook posts land man with 4-year jail term

abishevdefProsecutors made little secret of the fact that the case was pursued on political grounds.

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Kazakhstan: Smells like election spirit

naz handRecent events suggest Kazakhstan is preparing for snap elections. For parliament or the president?

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Kyrgyzstan’s former president, Roza Otunbayeva, discusses China, her successors, and regrets

Roza OtunbayevaThe first woman to lead a Central Asian country discussed China, her successors’ rivalry, and regrets from her time in office.

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Reforming Kazakhstan’s Education System and its Foreign Policy Implications

naz lavrPresident Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan gave a speech on 5 October in which he declared that the Central Asian nation’s education system will be reformed, and “expenditures on education, science and healthcare [will be increased] from all sources up to 10% from the GDP within 5 years.”

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Kazakhstan: Authorities arrest leader of unregistered political party

jailThe leader of Kazakhstan’s unregistered Alash People's Social Democratic Party, Syrym Abdirakhmanov, has been arrested on a series of criminal charges, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported.

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Rudi Giuliani’s ‘Mystery Trips’ to Russia, Armenia and Ukraine! POSSIBLE LINKS TO TRUMP AND MONEY-LAUNDERING?

trampmisterytrips"The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier." – George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, 1905.

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Long-Closed Uzbekistan Opens Up to the World

uztrampTashkent, Uzbekistan - For the first time in a generation, Tashkent has an outward-looking foreign policy.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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