Israeli foreign minister to inaugurate permanent embassy in Turkmenistan The legation will be located less than 12 miles from the border with Iran. Etgar Lefkovits April 20, 2023
The implications for Israel of the Russia-Ukraine War The war is distracting the United States from the Chinese threat and eroding the nuclear taboo. Efraim Inbar Aug. 14, 2022
Kazakhstan calm restored, but riots leave more questions than answers “The bottom line is that Kazakhstan is a very problematic country. Why? Because basically, it’s a target of many important global players, including Russia, Turkey, the U.S. and China, not to mention Islamist groups. They all have interests there,” said Zvi Magen, a researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies. David Isaac Jan. 14, 2022
A Central Asia model for Israel and the Middle East The demise of the Soviet Union mirrors the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the development of separate independent states in the Mideast. Ariel Ben Solomon July 1, 2021
Israel-Kazakhstan relations continue to expand and diversify under new president The Central Asian country, former Soviet republic and Muslim-majority country has a history of strong connections with Israel and supports its local Jewish population. Ariel Ben Solomon Oct. 23, 2019