"Cast your mind back to another world"
As we reach the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism, Larry Sherwin reflects on the events of 1989
It was Russian business executive Alexei Mordashov who put it succinctly, jarring my own memory of the bad old days. At…
Kazakhstan's industrial policy: between pipedream and pipelines?
Can something good come out of the crisis? Perhaps. Kazakhstan – battered by a sudden stop in bank funding and a lower oil price – recently announced updated industrialisation plans that seem more realistic than earlier versions. The stated goal…




