Kazakhstan 2018
A total of 138 out of 193 countries voted in June 2016 for Kazakhstan to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), making its the first Central Asian country to serve in the prestigious position. Kazakhstan’s two-year term began in January 2017. In January 2018, Kazakhstan has assumed the rotating presidency…
The Nazarbayev Prize: Setting Good in Motion
Nursultan Nazarbayev worked as an iron caster in the blast furnaces of the Soviets. But his legacy was forged like steel in the steppes of Kazakhstan. He came from a family of shepherds – nomads – from the Greek nomas to wander, to find pastures – related to nomos – meaning to graze – and…
