Following bloody clashes between ethnic Uyghurs and Han Chinese in the city of Urumchi, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in the summer of 2009, Beijing resorted to both carrot and stick policies to secure stability in this volatile territory.
Following the first Anglo-Afghan war, London pursued a policy of “masterly inactivity.” This policy allowed Czarist Russia’s unchecked adventurism to annex the legendary Khanates of Khiva, Bokhara and Kokand, an area roughly half the size of the United States.
It’s been more than 1,000 days since oil prices first started to drop from a high of more than $100 a barrel in 2014.
President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan is Welcomed at the White House
The Chinese part of a special economic development zone made up of territory from China and Kazakhstan.Andrea Bruce for The New York Times
Given the dominance of conventional energy resources, are Astana’s green energy reforms merely publicity stunts?
January snowfall is nothing unusual during heavy Kazakhstan winters. But this year, when snow came to the northeast city of Temirtau, it was black.
