CEPA

Central Asia

Photo: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, November 28, 2022. Credit: akorda.kz
Old at Home, New(ish) Abroad
January 8, 2023
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Photo: President Michel visits Kazakhstan President Michel attends the Central Asia leaders meeting. Credit: European Union Website. https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/p148146
The EU Returns to Central Asia
December 6, 2022
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Photo: European Council President Charles Michel meets with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, October 26,2022. Credit: European Council.
Expanding the West’s Footprint in Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’
November 24, 2022
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Photo: A service member of Kyrgyz special operations forces stands guard near Golovnoi water distribution facility outside the village of Kok-Tash in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan May 5, 2021. The clashes broke out last week along the frontier between Tajikistan's Sughd province and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken province because of a dispute over a reservoir and pump, claimed by both sides, on the Isfara River. Credit: REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
Russia’s Enfeeblement Sends Shudders Through Central Asia
October 19, 2022
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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after awarding him with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2017. Credit: REUTERS/Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
Hobbled Russia Cedes Influence to China
October 18, 2022
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Photo: An ethnic Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this handout picture released October 5, 2020. Picture released October 5, 2020. Credit: Press office of Armenian Defense Ministry/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS
Russia-China Axis Smiles on Disorder
September 29, 2022
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Photo: A man holds a mobile phone while walking past a board with a Kazakh state flag during a protest against LPG cost rise following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Kazakhstan Thumbs its Nose at Putin
July 11, 2022
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Photo: A meeting ceremony in the Moscow Russian paratroopers from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Credit: Collective Security Treaty Organisation Photo Gallery.
Unwilling Kazakhstan Eyed as Russia’s Smuggler of Choice
June 17, 2022
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Photo: Russian servicemen take part in the ceremony marking the beginning of the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
Do as You’re Told, Russia Tells the Neighborhood
January 13, 2022
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