China-Kazakh Energy Deal
June 7th, 2023
Via KazInform, a report on a deal between the China National Petroleum Corp. and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna Group for the joint development of the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan. CNPC will help expand the throughput capacity of two Kazakh oil pipelines and participate in the construction of the second strings of a natural gas pipeline […]
Read more »Kazakhstan’s Uranium Exacerbating Geopolitical Conflict in Eurasia
June 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Jamestown Foundation, a look at Kazakhstan’s unique role in the global uranium market: Kazakhstan is the largest producer and exporter of uranium globally, mining and exporting more than 40 percent of the world’s supply. Up to now, it has been the major supplier for Russia and before that the Soviet Union. But […]
Read more »Kazakhstan and Russia To Construct Gas Pipeline To China
May 17th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia, a report on a planned Kazakh/Russian gas pipeline to China: Kazakhstan and Russia have established the route for a future gas pipeline to support shipments between the two countries and to China, Kazakhstan’s energy minister said on Tuesday. The pipeline would help Russia, hit by Western sanctions over its invasion […]
Read more »Kazakhstan: Eurasia’s Next Middle Power
May 12th, 2023
Via National Interest, a look at Kazakhstan’s rise as a middle power: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is certainly on a path to enhance his country’s diplomatic profile by turning it into a “middle power,” a concept born during the Cold War to characterize states that “punch above their weight” in world politics. Considered to be […]
Read more »Kazakhstan’s Ports: A Vital Node of the Middle Corridor
May 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at – while many issues are beyond Astana’s control – having modern and expanded ports will give Kazakhstan and the Middle Corridor a fighting chance at success: Kazakhstan is betting heavily on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), or Middle Corridor, as an alternative to reach European and international markets […]
Read more »Railing Central Asia Into The World Economy
May 4th, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, commentary on the potential that railway linkages offer Central Asia: If there is one key to unlocking the doors of any economy, it is certainly a railway. Since its invention and construction between Manchester and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, railways have dramatically boosted trade, which is why they also played high […]
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