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Why is Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan Significant?
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Background
The incumbent President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won by a landslide in an early presidential election on November 20, 2022. He was reelected because the Kazakh people trusted him and supported a fair g....

December 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Kazakhstan , Tokayev , Snap Elections , January Protests , Constitutional reforms , Observers , Exit polls , political opposition
Kazakhstan at the Spotlight of a Constructive Dialogue between different Religions and Cultures: President Tokayev
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions on 14-15 September 2022. Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev formulated this initiative to promote dialogue and discussion among different reli....

September 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Kazakhstan , Women , Education , Religious Congress , Pope Francis , Inter-religious , Intercultural , Inter-civilizational , Faith , Society , post Pandemic
China: Daily Scan, September 21, 2022

Wang Yang meets new leadership of China Islamic Association: Xinhuanet
September 20, 2022
Senior Chinese leader Wang Yang Tuesday met with members of the newly-elected leadership of the China Islamic Association. Wang, a member ....

September 21, 2022 US , Kazakhstan , Taiwan , UAV , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Canada , Laos
China: Daily Scan, September 15, 2022

China to further optimize industrial chain for pharmaceutical sector: Xinhuanet
September 14 2022
China will shore up weak links in the industrial chain for the pharmaceutical sector, the Ministry of Industry and Information Tec....

September 15, 2022 China , Russia , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Taiwan , Vietnam , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Twitter , Malaysia , Zhejiang , Fujian
China: Daily Scan, September 14, 2022

Xi's upcoming visits show high importance China attaches to SCO, relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming attendance to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SC....

September 14, 2022 SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , COVID-19 , IMF , China Daily Digest , Twitter , China Life Insurance
China: Daily Scan, September 7, 2022

China's State Council appoints, removes officials: Xinhuanet
September 6, 2022
The State Council, China's cabinet, announced the appointment and removal of officials on Tuesday. Zhang Qingsong was appointed vice governor of the ....

September 07, 2022 Nepal , Kazakhstan , Big Data , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Sichuan , Gibbon , BASF
Sinostan: China's Growing Influence in Central Asia
Raffaello Pantucci

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China had greater ambitions to establish cordial relations with newly independent CARs, which had not previously been the case due to Sino-Soviet animosity. In addition, the geopolitical vacuum left by the ....

September 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , Xinjiang , Uyghurs , Sinophobia , Podcast
China: Daily Scan, September 6, 2022

Xi orders all-out rescue efforts after 6.8-magnitude earthquake in SW China: Xinhuanet
September 5, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts to minimize casualties after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jol....

September 06, 2022 Russia , Nepal , Kazakhstan , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , CATL , Sichuan , ByteDance , earthquake
Engaging Central Asia
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Commentary

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe....

July 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan
Sino-Kazakh Trans Boundary Water Dispute: An assessment
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
There are 24 trans-boundary rivers between China and Kazakhstan, and all of their mainstreams flow to form a clear upstream-downstream relationship. In this water-scarcity zone, the trans-boundary flow of water is limited. Ther....

June 29, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kazakhstan , Xinjiang , Ili river , Irtysh river , Balkhash Lake , Zaysan Lake , Hydro hegemon , UN Convention on Water , BRI.
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