Trump’s New Central Asia Strategy aims to be Realist, But it’s Unrealistic
The State Department released its updated strategy for Central Asia last month, a relatively short document that is mostly taken up with reiterating traditional U.S. priorities in the region.
Kazakhstan’s Richest Sell Almaty Airport
TAV, a Turkish holding, completed the purchase of Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan’s most active airport.
Cotton Campaign says too early to lift Uzbek boycott
A coalition of human rights groups known as the Cotton Campaign said on Thursday it was too early to lift a boycott of Uzbek cotton despite Tashkent’s progress in eradicating forced labour and its request to take the global recession into account.
State report: Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another
China, Iran and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to launch a propaganda and disinformation onslaught against the United States, the State Department warns in a new report.
Is the U.K. Finally Getting Serious About Cracking Down on Dirty Money?
The United Kingdom has long been infamous as a money-laundering haven, with hundreds of billions of dollars in dirty money passing through its financial system just in recent years.
Nazarbaev And Kazakhstan's Security Council Out Of Sight Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Kazakh officials are working to guide the country through the health crisis caused by the coronavirus and the dramatic economic effects of a drastic drop in global prices for oil, the country's major export.
Demise of the Petrostates
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.
