Stories about Kazakhstan from May, 2006
Kazakhstan: Caspian Saber-Rattling
Ben Paarmann explains why Kazakhstan is expanding its naval power in the Caspian Sea.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Vakhs valley, March 2006, Erik Petersson, Dushanbe Pictures. Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you by neweurasia. First off, apologies for the...
Kazakhstan: Education Spending
Ben Paarmann notes that Kazakhstan plans to boost its spending on education.
Kazakhstan: A Kazakh-American Hero
News From The Caravan writes about a Kazakh-American hero who saved the lives of two young boys in a small American town in the 1950s. The story is certainly a...
The Global Voices Show #1
Global Voices is pleased to announce the first of our new magazine-style podcasts, which aim to do for online audio what the Global Voices web site does for text blogs...
Central Asia & Caucasus: Nationality
Stavros explains how one determines nationality in the former Soviet Union.
Kazakhstan: Language Realities
Stavros writes about language realities in Kazakhstan, where both Russian and Kazakh are used.
Central Asia: Religion & Politics
neweurasia has a series of posts on religion's role in politics across Central Asia and in Azerbaijan.
Kazakhstan: Nazarbaev as Machiavelli
Stavros writes that Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev could write a Central Asian version of Machiavelli's The Prince. The first issue he discusses is Nazarbaev's ethnic policies.
Central Asia: Press Freedom
neweurasia rounds up the state of freedom of the press in Central Asia.
Central Asia: Islamic Finance
neweurasia reports on Islamic finance in Central Asia.
