The region’s leaders must ask themselves if they are ready to deal with new threats tailored to recruit the discontented.

Central Asia's autocratic leaders don't want to be liked. They want to be adored. When the Soviet Union collapsed, a clutch of nations emerged in the vast areas of steppe and mountains between Russia's southern border down to Iran and Afghanistan.

She lives in Italy while her young children live in London with a nanny each. And that's not the only mystery about billionaire Goga Ashkenazi

Hundreds of Kazakhs have taken to the streets in a rare series of public dissent against President Nazarbayev

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has evoked the Ukraine conflict as protests continued over the Central Asian government's decision to privatize large tracts of state-owned agricultural land.

Having prioritised economics over politics, Kazakhstan is well placed to weather the financial difficulties currently afflicting the Eurasia region