Opinion Rentier capitalism and class warfare in Kazakhstan Blame ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for the country’s recent protests By Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva / 14 Jan 2022
Feature Credit trap: debt and dispossession in Central Asia Since the collapse of the USSR, credit has slowly taken hold as the only way to make ends meet in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. All too often it ends in tragedy By Elmira Satybaldieva / 16 Jun 2021
Central Asia Global capitalism in Central Asia and competing economic imaginaries For the US, Russia and China, Central Asia is a space of competing economic influences. By Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva / 18 Jun 2018