It remains to be seen the extent to which the recent spate of attacks and increased militancy in Kazakhstan have operational links to the broader network of terrorist groups operating in Central Asia and South Asia. 

For the WTO to seize the mantle of global trade promotion, it must actually commit itself to promoting free trade.

Roman Vasilenko, the press secretary at the embassy of Kazakhstan, must rue the day he first heard about the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, better known as the Kazakh character Borat.

This time around, Moscow may find the combined interests of Washington, the American oil companies in Kazakhstan, and the transit and consumer countries along this route, too strong to withstand. Success of this project would finally begin to arrest Europe"s worrisome slide into overdependence on Russia for its energy supplies.

The fall of communism created a market for beauty in Russia for the first time--and allowed Russia to play up its competitive advantages in attractiveness.

An unlikely encounter with Sacha Baron Cohen, years before his Borat fame.

Islam has been a major and durable aspect of Russia's history, geography, and culture.

To understand Vladimir Putin, we must understand his view of Russian history.