Regions / Central Asia / Kazakhstan
Articles about Kazakhstan, ordered by date. 
Kazakhstan drying up
Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash faces extinction as climate change, overuse, and a proposed nuclear plant push it toward an Aral Sea-like collapse, writes Omar Hamed Beato.
Sayragul Sauytbay
What is the price of speaking out against China’s oppression of the Uyghur people? Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh and Chinese national, talks to Alessio Perrone about being forced to teach propaganda in a concentration camp and fleeing to Kazakhstan.
A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies
Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan drying up | Guns and power | January, 2025 |
| Sayragul Sauytbay | Courage and terror in Myanmar | July, 2021 |
| A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies | Humans vs. Nature | November, 2010 |
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