Tariq Saeedi Today is 1 December. This is the day of the First President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The political observers and analysts who focus on Central Asia are typically fascinated by Nazarbayev, and rightly so. As is said in the parlance of analysts, there is no dearth of material. The epic voyage of Nazarbayev from Sultan to Elbasy is as spellbinding … [Read more...]
Kazakhstan way – The role of personality in history
In the twentieth century, the world witnessed the heyday of a series of modernization cases in various parts of the world. The first wave of “Asian tigers” in the 1970s, the successes of China, the countries of Eastern and Central Europe in the 2000s, current projects in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and other countries are well known. These are examples in which nations have … [Read more...]
Regional cooperation on shared water resources in Central Asia
On the eve of the upcoming summit of the leaders of the countries of Central Asia in Tashkent, it is possible to say with confidence what will be one of the main topics of the meeting. The heads of the five Asian states need to find a joint solution to the problems of using transboundary rivers. For the first time, the leaders of the countries of Central Asia spoke about the … [Read more...]