Abigail Grace and Max Hill
A focus on promoting transparency and fighting corruption rather than China-bashing will be more successful in the long run.
Events and opinions
Almaz Kumenov
Report says hackers detected online protest-sniffing software in Kazakhstan
Joanna Lillis
Three men received prison sentences of between seven and eight years.
Joanna Lillis
Prosecutors made little secret of the fact that the case was pursued on political grounds.
EurasiaNet.ORG
Recent events suggest Kazakhstan is preparing for snap elections. For parliament or the president?
Maria Mammina
The first woman to lead a Central Asian country discussed China, her successors’ rivalry, and regrets from her time in office.
W. Alex Sánchez
President 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.”
TCA
The 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.
Selvam Canagaratna
"The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier." – George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, 1905.
Voice of America
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - For the first time in a generation, Tashkent has an outward-looking foreign policy.
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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
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