International Relations in India & Beyond
The war in Ukraine has enabled Kazakhstan’s Tokayev to reinvent himself as a truly independent figure, no longer reliant on either his predecessor Nazarbayev or Russia’s Putin. Now Tokayev hopes to cement this status...
The regular occurrence of confrontation between the border guards of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has once again caused concerns in the region. The shelling between the border troops of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan started on 14th...
Introduction The central Asian countries were born after the collapse of the USSR in 1991. After analyzing the history of Central Asia one would be amused that this region has always played an important...
A social media post by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warning that northern Kazakhstan could be next in line after Ukraine was quickly taken down, but it reflects the mindset of Russian hawks and...
Introduction Because of global and local causes, the Central Asian energy sector has been facing developments and challenges. Central Asia, which was formerly the sole domain of Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia, has evolved...
Introduction Almost overnight the countries of Central Asia started getting attention from politicians, academicians and the media due to the collapse of the Soviet State in 1991. The collapse affected the countries profoundly. Among...
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Central Asian region became a very crucial player in world politics. This region consists of five countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,...
Kazakhstan became the latest Central Asian republic to witness massive protests against the government. The protests that began on 2nd January in the industrial town of Zhanaozen rapidly spread to major cities, including Almaty,...
Russia’s intervention in Kazakhstan contains a cautionary message for Gulf foreign ministers visiting Beijing this week. The intervention to stabilize the government of Kazakh President Kassym-Johart Tokayev, following mass protests, cemented Russia’s primacy when...
A Russian-led military bloc will begin withdrawing its troops from Kazakhstan in two days’ time after fulfilling its main mission of stabilising the Central Asian country after serious unrest, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said...
