E-Bulletin

February 4, 2025

Digital Security Security and Threats in Kazakhstan

Digital fraud has been a persistent issue for decades, with its origins tracing back to the early 1970s when email phishing first emerged, even though the term itself was not coined, and the practice did not gain widespread prevalence until the mid-1990s. Since then, the online world has seen scammers […]

November 15, 2024

The 11th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States: Highlights and Future Expectations

The 11th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on November 6, 2024. The 11th Summit, where the Presidency passed from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan, can be considered a pivotal turning point in terms of revealing the strengthened position of the Turkic […]

November 7, 2024

Combating Disinformation in Member States of the OTS: The Case of the Center for Combating Disinformation of Directorate of Communications of Türkiye

Disinformation, as we could also refer to as the Post-Truth Era, has transcended national boundaries under current conditions and has become a global threat (Directorate of Communications, 2021). Rapid developments and diversity in communication tools and, in turn, the uncontrollable spread of news and information indicate that this process has […]

April 25, 2023

The Rise of the Far-Right in Germany

Germany is known as a country where the rule of law and democracy work with all its institutions [WJP, 2022; EIU, 2023], and it is one of the countries where far-right and racist tendencies in Europe have increased significantly in recent years. Far-right and racist movements that carried out many […]

April 11, 2023

Russia and Sanctions: How Moscow Looks for Alternatives

Russia’s economy is under significant pressure due to tough sanctions imposed by the United States (US), the European Union (EU), and other countries. The main goal of the sanctions is to restrict Russia’s ability to continue the war against Ukraine. Sanctions targeted almost all key industries of Russia, including mineral […]

February 21, 2023

Kahramanmaraş Earthquake and International Aid

The earthquake of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes in Kahramanmaraş, which affected 10 provinces in Türkiye on February 6, 2023, described as the disaster of the century, as a nation, it has caused all of us to experience indescribable pain. As of last week, there were more than 40 thousand casualties, […]

January 16, 2023

The EU Energy Crisis: Savings Measures and Suggestions

Since February 25, 2022, when Russia’s attacks on Ukraine be-gan, Western countries, especially the European Union (EU), have implemented the ninth sanctions package against Russia. Each sanction package aimed to stop Russia’s attacks by targeting different sectors and individuals each time. But instead of back-ing down, Putin intensified the attack, […]

November 1, 2022

The Sixth CICA Summit: Asian Vision of the Global Development

The political situation in the Eurasian countries is one of the frequently discussed issues given the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which led to unprecedented sanctions from the Western countries on Russia. This invasion brought food security risks, especially in low-income countries, an energy crisis in Europe, disruption of supply chains, […]

November 1, 2022

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Samarkand Summit in 2022: Key Takeaways

On September 15–16, 2022, the attention of politicians and the media was riveted at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand. During the times when serious political and economic transformations are happening across the Eurasian continent, the first in-person gathering of the heads of states after […]

October 30, 2022

Green Parties and Environmental Political Participation in Central Asia

From a small movement of environmentalists with sparsely distributed supporters across Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, the Greens nowadays have evolved into influential political parties and are currently an essential part of the political landscape in many countries around the world. Today green parties in Europe and other parts […]