Stan’s the name: Inside Israel’s growing partnerships across Central Asia
From energy and agriculture to security and tourism, Israel’s ties with the Central Asian 'Stans' are ever-expanding.
Then-President Shimon Peres (L) and then-president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev raise a toast at the reception at the President’s Residence in Astana during Peres’s visit to Kazakhstan in 2009.(photo credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO)ByALEX WINSTON