The Strategic Implications of Kazakhstan’s Political Economic Reforms

At a time of geopolitical uncertainty across Eurasia, Kazakhstan is undergoing a political economic evolution. The country’s transition away from authoritarianism is a unique case of a former Soviet state trying to balance between the conflicting imperatives of maintaining continuity and meeting demands for change. Ours and ITIC’s conversation on the outcome of Kazakhstan’s democratization experiment and its implications for Central Asia, Russia, and China.