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Putin’s ambitions reach beyond Russia’s near abroad and to the international system itself, in which it seeks to regain and retain its position as a great power.

Russia, seeking a new place in the global architecture, is pursuing an increasingly assertive foreign policy. President Barack Obama and his Administration will need to tread carefully whenconfronting the mix of great-power anti-status quo revisionism andresentment, recent symptoms of which include the Russian-Georgianwar, energy conflicts in Europe, Russian pressure against Ukraine,and consolidation of Russian power in Eurasia.

Vienna, December 8, 2022 – On December 7, the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna hosted an international conference on the theme «Central Asia: the age of reform» with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Roman Vassilenko, Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, representatives of state bodies and leading think tanks in Europe and the US, the press office of the Kazakh MFA reported.

PRAGUE. KAZINFORM As part of the working trip to the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko participated in the international conference on Social reforms of modern Kazakhstan and the experience of Eastern European countries held on Tuesday, October 4, the press office of the Kazakh MFA reported.

Washington - A package of constitutional reforms billed as strengthening Kazakhstan’s parliament and reining in presidential powers is getting mixed

A package of constitutional reforms billed as strengthening Kazakhstan’s parliament and reining in presidential powers is getting mixed reviews from analysts and opposition members, who say the changes are welcome but fall far short of bringing real democracy to the oil-rich Central Asian nation. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his administration insist that the changes, approved…

Washington - A package of constitutional reforms billed as strengthening Kazakhstan’s parliament and reining in presidential powers is getting mixed

Limits on presidential power are welcomed but most doubt changes will lead to real multiparty democracy

A former Kurdish rebel fighter turned Swedish lawmaker has emerged as a central figure in the drama surrounding Sweden and Finland’s historic bid to join NATO

STOCKHOLM (AP) — When Turkey’s president rails against “terrorists” in the Swedish Parliament, Amineh Kakabaveh is convinced he is talking about her.