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• New Ambassador Nominated

  According to various foreign news services, Richard Hoagland has been nominated by President Bush to replace John Ordway as Ambassador to Kazakhstan. Hoagland is currently serving in the U.S. Embassy to Turkmenistan and was Ambassador to Tajikistan. Hoagland was nominated as Ambassador to Armenia last year but his nomination was withdrawn in relation to questions […]

  4/06/08 • (Comments Off on New Ambassador Nominated)

• Public Corruption Percieved as Worse

  The Corruption Perceptions Index for 2007 from Transparency International was released on the 27th of September. A table of the results can be found here. Kazakhstan, with a score of 2.1 out of 10, is tied with Azerbaijan, the Republic of Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe and 5 other countries as 150th for corruption in […]

  10/06/07 • (Comments Off on Public Corruption Percieved as Worse)

• Paul Theroux on Turkmenistan

  Paul Theroux, the prolific and noted travel writer, probably most famous in this region for his book on traveling the Trans-Siberian railroad, has written an article for the New Yorker on Turkmenistan and the cult of personality, Letter from Turkmenistan and given an interview with RFE/RL in Turkmenistan. Interesting reading, particularly the end of the […]

  6/08/07 • (Comments Off on Paul Theroux on Turkmenistan)

• The New Great Game Take infinity

  President Vladimir Putin was in Kazakhstan yesterday and he and President Nazarbayev will be traveling to Turkmenistan this week together. Two issues are on the agenda. First, Russia will be assisting Kazakhstan in enriching uranium for its nuclear energy power center. The two countries will be setting up a joint-uranium enrichment center. It looks like […]

  5/11/07 • (Comments Off on The New Great Game Take infinity)

• Leaders of Kazakhstan on Niyazov’s Passing

  Nazarbayev, currently in China, sent a telegram to the acting President, reading in part: Saparmurat Atayevich was an outstanding leader of the Turkmen people, a politician with foresight, constantly working hard for the good of his homeland. He played a key role in creating and strengthening the independent state of Turkmenistan, and developing the economic […]

  12/22/06 • (Comments Off on Leaders of Kazakhstan on Niyazov’s Passing)

• Turkmenbashi is dead

  Usually I keep my focus on Kazakhstan, but this is a big one. The President-for-life, Saparmurat Niyazov, died Wednesday night of heart failure at age 66. As is well-known, he was an authoritarian leader given to fulfilling whims and crushing dissent. Although there were rumors that his heart was weak, his health was considered top-secret. […]

  12/21/06 • (Comments Off on Turkmenbashi is dead)

• A Negro Looks at Soviet Central Asia, by Langston Hughes

  Copied from Harvard’s Central-Eurasia-L – Announcement List Available for order from Kyrgyzstan: A reprint of Langston Hughes’ memoirs of traveling in Central Asia. Description and ordering info behind the cut, although I have to say that I contacted the editor and haven’t heard back from him since, so I don’t know how reliable he is. […]

  7/27/06 • (Comments Off on A Negro Looks at Soviet Central Asia, by Langston Hughes)