East of the Caspian Sea, the Mangystau region of western Kazakhstan is full of history and light on American travelers.

Kazakhstan’s crude and condensate production has fallen by 6% in December following a Ukrainian drone attack that damaged the ...

A former British paratrooper has sketched out the final path on his 36,000-mile (58,000km) walk. In November 1998, Karl ...

After spending nearly $50 billion to expand the country’s Tengiz oil field, the American oil giant and its partners encounter ...

A quiet oil platform stands in the vast, gray waters of the Caspian Sea. Four Ukrainian long-range drones fly low over the ...

In 2025, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy moved beyond tactical engagement and incremental cooperation toward a broader strategic ...

On 26 December, the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Ambassador Alexey Rogov, met with Deputy Minister for Emergency Situations, Batyrbek ...

In a single day, Ukrainian drones carried out coordinated strikes on multiple vessels connected to Russia — representing a ...

A preview of a fascinating new series to start the year at the IFC Center curated by our very own Godfrey Cheshire.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei recently visited the Tehran Times, where he met with the newspaper’s Editor ...

Oil prices closed lower on Friday, marking a 4% weekly decline as a supply glut and a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal ...

Even if it emerges victorious in Ukraine, Russia can still sow the seeds of a future war of expansion in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.