Kazakhstan
Better covered than most of Central Asia because the Caspian oil concessions attracted Western majors and Western reporters with them.
6 books
Start here
- The Oil and the GlorySteve LeVine, 2007
- KleptopiaTom Burgis, 2020
- Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central AsiaAlexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, 2017
Books 6
Steve LeVine · 2007 · How Tengiz and Kashagan were negotiated; the best account of dealmaking in the region.
Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw · 2017 · Traces Kazakh elite money through offshore vehicles, London lawyers and Western banks.
T2 Kleptopia
Tom Burgis · 2020 · ENRC, the London listing and how Kazakh mining money moved west.
Martha Brill Olcott · 2001 · The standard account of Nazarbayev-era state building and asset allocation.
Pauline Jones Luong, Erika Weinthal · 2010 · Why ownership structure, not oil itself, determined post-Soviet outcomes.
Joanna Lillis · 2019 · Reporting on the succession, Zhanaozen and how the state and business interlock.