Aigerim BeketovaThe map is changing beneath the steel. Astana, April 2026 Eurasia is being rewired not by ideology alone, but by infrastructure. The old imperial struggle …
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Power now travels through quieter architectures. Almaty, March 2026 Central Asia is still described too often as a corridor, a hinge, a buffer between more …
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Power in post-Soviet Eurasia no longer moves through ideology. It moves through pipelines, railways, language and faith. Astana, January 2026. For three decades after the …
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The new Great Game is no longer fought over oil or gas, but over data, cables and clouds. Astana, October 2025. Across the steppes of Central …
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Astana, September 2025. The heart of Eurasia is once again the chessboard of global power. Pipelines and mosques, railways and prayers, uranium and digital authoritarianism—these …
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Astana, August 2025 — Absence doesn’t always make noise. Sometimes it takes the form of roads no longer built with rubles, of Russian consulates reduced to …