Editor: From the deep grounds of our archive, this article Nurzhan wrote back in February (and never posted due to ongoing research) is very interesting in the light of the ongoing Russian-Georgian crisis. Nathan, in a post on The Registan, discussed Kazakhstan’s position in the conflict and whether the country has to take sides […]

By Nurzhan Zhambekov
According to the official statements of the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, which was broadcast on radio “Georgia” Kazakhstan has become the largest investor in Georgia. (KUB.kz, February 10)
The Caucasus Republic’s head of state has come up with an ambition to turn the Black Sea coast of Adjaria into an international resort. There […]

Kazakh-Kyrgyz Union as an initial step
During the international investment and business conference in Almaty June 14-16, 2005 organized jointly by Asia Society and the Government of Kazakhstan, the president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev repeated his previous initiative at the his union address in February 18, 2005 for the Creation of Central Asian […]

Central Asian countries face numerous problems in the delimitation and demarcation of their borders. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, China, and all five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – accepted the old Soviet borders. Nevertheless, those administrative frontiers had never been clearly demarcated and thus pose […]