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Can Kazakhstan Power Its AI Ambitions?
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (737+ words) The new conveyor inside Bogatyr coal mine; all images: TCA, Manon Madec For now, it is only a vast construction site lost in the steppe, a few kilometers from Ekibastuz, a mining city in northern Kazakhstan. Cranes move behind fences…...
Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan Target $1 Billion in Trade as Investment and Transit Links Expand
16+ hour, 14+ min ago (819+ words) Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have set a target of increasing bilateral trade to $1 billion by 2030, as economic ties expand from a relatively low base into vehicle manufacturing, oil and gas, investment, and transport across the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s…...
Reform and Moderate Conservatism: Reading Kazakhstan???s Kurultai Vote
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (531+ words) Preliminary results have been announced in Kazakhstan’s election to its new unicameral parliament, the Kurultai. Notably, they differ little from the first exit poll released the previous day. The outcome itself was largely predictable: the newly created ruling Adilet party…...
Kazakhstan Peace Talks: Basel Al-Haj Jassem on Syria and the South Caucasus
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (831+ words) Basel Al-Haj Jassem, a Syrian political adviser and analyst, has worked on the Middle East, the Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia for many years, with a particular focus on peace processes. He is the author of the Arabic-language book Kazakhstan…...
Adilet Wins 71% in Kazakhstan???s First Kurultai Election
19+ hour, 30+ min ago (399+ words) Kazakhstan’s new pro-presidential Adilet party has won 71.17% of the vote in the country’s first election to the new unicameral Kurultai, according to preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission on August 24. Five parties cleared the 5% threshold for representation in…...
Tokayev Calls for Firm Handshakes in Kazakhstan
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (245+ words) The Times Of Central Asia Tokayev Calls for Firm Handshakes in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for a return to more restrained forms of greeting, saying men should exchange firm handshakes and refrain from embracing or kissing one…...
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Show What Diplomacy Can Deliver as Vast Rail Project with China Advances
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (432+ words) Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met on July 30 on the shores of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul, in Cholpon Ata, to sign the Treaty on Allied Relations. It was much more than business as usual. In their press…...
Kazakhstan Updates Its Foreign Policy Concept in a More Difficult Era
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1004+ words) The amendments to the Foreign Policy Concept for 2020–2030, signed on August 14, attracted attention after KazTAG reported on them. Kazinform subsequently highlighted changes concerning the protection of citizens abroad, public understanding of foreign policy and the new Kurultai. A Foreign Policy…...
SilkParasite Cyberespionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (582+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a cyberespionage campaign targeting government bodies across all five Central Asian states, as well as Georgia. Bitdefender Labs discovered the campaign after detecting malware at an unnamed Central Asian government institution involved in economic decision-making. Researchers…...
Opinion: Kazakhstan Energy Expansion May Not Guarantee a Lasting Surplus
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (526+ words) Kazakhstan plans to commission 13.3 GW of power capacity by the end of 2029, including 12.56 GW of entirely new generation, in a build-out the government says will move the country from deficit to sustained surplus. But new industrial projects and large data…...