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Kazakhstan, Central Asia's giant, is stirring and the Russians are not amused
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Kazakhstan, Central Asia's giant, is stirring and the Russians are not amused

22 May 2021
Kazakhstan is exploring its options. The government has embarked on a series of reforms, as yet mainly in the economic sphere, although reforms in the governance sector are also inevitable. They include slimming down the bloated state bureaucracy and also slowly re-calibrating Kazakh foreign policy to make it less dependant on Russia. The Russians are not amused, says Dennis Sammut in this op-ed
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Georgian forces start withdrawing from Afghanistan
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Georgian forces start withdrawing from Afghanistan

22 May 2021
More than 20,000 Georgian servicemen have participated in the mission in Afghanistan since 2004, usually serving six monthly rotations.  Predominantly tasked with peacekeeping in the volatile Helmand province, Georgia was the largest non-NATO, as well as largest per-capita, contributor to ISAF mission. Dozens of Georgian soldiers were killed or injured during the Afghanistan operation.