Articles by Yerkin Nazarbay

Racing against time: Russia’s eastward push before Trump’s return

Russia is looking eastward in a bid to consolidate its geopolitical and economic position before Trump takes office. Putin, for instance, has recently sought to strengthen cooperation and reinforce security partnerships with Kazakhstan. Academic Yerkin Nazarbay tells us more about Russia’s ambitions amidst the context of the Trump presidency.

Yerkin Nazarbay

18 Dec 2024

Trump’s return: A seismic shift in geopolitics

With Donald Trump set to helm the US next year, the country’s relations with Russia, Iran and North Korea will see great shifts that could reshape the balance of international power and reset the global political and economic order, says academic Yerkin Nazarbay.

Yerkin Nazarbay

20 Nov 2024

Geopolitical shifts: Russia’s eastward pivot and China’s western push

Academic Yerkin Nazarbay says that without the currently escalating Russia-Ukraine war in Europe, the Kremlin would not be able to openly and justifiably initiate its eastward development strategy.

Yerkin Nazarbay

15 Oct 2024

Putin: The ‘uncrowned new tsar’ holding together a fractured empire 

Academic Yerkin Nazarbay says that the core of the issue of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is neither the “new Russia” long occupied by Moscow nor the “new Ukraine” seized by Kyiv’s counterattacks. Rather, it is a key geopolitical strategic proposition evolving from the new power balance in the heartland of the Eurasian continent.

Yerkin Nazarbay

24 Sep 2024

Impact of Haniyeh’s death on the Beijing Declaration on Palestinian unity

Kazakhstan academic Yerkin Nazarbay notes that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s death could be seen as a message from Iran to the world that there is no room for “traitors” who work with outside forces, and that there are consequences for those seen as betraying Iran.

Yerkin Nazarbay

22 Aug 2024