ASTANA – The ethnic history of the Kazakh people is complex, shaped by centuries of migration, cultural interaction and ...

The need for a thorough, evidenced-based understanding of Central Asia’s past is rising, given Russia’s tendency to try to reinvent history as it continues to harbor imperial geopolitical ambitions.

This essay is part of a series by American diplomats sharing their impressions of the dramatic early years of Central Asia’s independence from the Soviet Union. These memoirs were written at the ...

ASTANA -- At the peak of China's repression of Turkic and Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang region some six years ago, Kazakhstan was a kind of hub for activism and reporting on what ...