Report #15: On The Economist and Bush-Nazarbaev Relations

For the last three years I have been a steady and regular reader of The Economist, which in my opinion offers the essentials (in addition to excellent writing) to anyone interested in the world politics and wants take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress,” as the newspaper puts it.

The recent visit of Kazakhstan President Nazarbaev visit to the U.S. and his meeting with U.S. President Bush received much coverage in the media. However, this cartoon which appeared in The Economist (Sept.16, 2006) drew my attention.