Both Yerevan and Astana are seeking to move beyond their traditional dependence on Russia and maintain multi-vector foreign policies.

Getting to ‘yes’ on moving embassy.

In their edited volume, Public Sector Reforms in Kazakhstan, Saltanat Janenova and Gulnur Makulbayeva examine the implementation dynamics of diverse policy initiatives advanced through the “Listening ...

On April 17th, 2026 three experts delivered an excellent plenary session at the 32nd Annual REECAS Northwest Conference at the University of Washington, on current strategy around Ukraine, REECAS and

Kazakhstan is emerging as a pragmatic middle power, leveraging its strategic position at the crossroads of Eurasia and its vast reserves of energy and critical minerals to gain global relevance. Throu...

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“Implementation is never easy.”

A study of Kazakhstan’s telecom sector shows how China's seemingly unified strategy of building an alternative to U.S.-dominated internet infrastructure is appropriated by local actors and shaped by l...

what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

The main theme will be environment, society, and power in the region. Submissions are welcome from any discipline and any level of graduate study. Deadline to apply is Feb. 9.

Тамара Вааль, Астана, Власть В четверг в ходе пленарного заседания сенат в двух чтениях одобрил закон «О внесении изменений и дополнений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Казахстан по вопр...

Join us for a panel that examines the military force structures, budgets, and doctrines of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

In their new book Backlash: China's Struggle for Influence in Central Asia, Edward Lemon and Bradley Jardine show that China’s power projection is far from a one-way street—it is negotiated, resisted,...

Their deaths seem to have been conveniently overlooked by the authorities of today.

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Join us for a panel on Gazprom’s shifting role in Central Asia, regional energy security, and the future of energy transition.

A former top U.S. diplomat reflects on the many ways ex-Soviet Central Asia can be viewed from Washington — Russian dependency, Chinese sphere of influence, new global hub with links in all directions...

Getting out, getting a feel for the place, and putting pins on a map.

Getting out, getting a feel for the place, and putting pins on a map.

Join us to discuss the role of regional powers and the impact of energy resources on Caspian security with H.E. Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim.

Join us in discussing the core arguments of Intercommunal Warfare and Ethnic Peacemaking by Joldon Kutmanaliev.

Is China imposing its will on the world, or is the reality more nuanced?  Many in the West, particularly in Washington, argue that China exerts global influence by disregarding local differences and i...

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This film sheds light on the stories of six women from a nuclear-affected community in Kazakhstan. It explores topics such as technology-driven and state-sponsored gender-based violence, as well as th...

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This panel will consider how Washington's changing relations with Brussels and Moscow are affecting the EU’s and China’s engagement in an international transport initiative offering routes that bypass...

Kristopher Dodge White, known to his friends simply as “Kris”, was a distinguished scholar, mentor, and friend, who dedicated two decades of his life to

The seminar will unpack the puzzle of Russia’s seemingly growing influence in the Global South and explore how and to what extent these insights are applicable in making sense of the dynamic of Russia...

In their new book Indulging Kleptocracy, John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec, and Tom Mayne offer an engaging inside account of the fight against kleptocracy in the UK.

In their new book Indulging Kleptocracy, John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec, and Tom Mayne offer an engaging inside account of the fight against kleptocracy in the UK.

Still a relatively young nation, Kazakhstan finds itself at critical juncture amid a series of domestic and geopolitical shocks.