Research into this subject reveals that it’s among the country’s top foreign policy priorities even though its ‘democratic security’ policy has yet to be articulated, let alone acknowledged. The five examined case studies show that Russia’s stance has evolved with time and aligns with the particular circumstances in which each scenario is unfolding. The Hybrid…
The present piece will analyze some of the most important parts of President Tokayev’s speech in the context of the Hybrid War of Terror on Kazakhstan that prompted the Russian-led CSTO’s limited peacekeeping mission. President Tokyaev addressed his people on Friday in a speech that exposed details of the terrorist threat facing his nation. The…
Kazakhstan is potentially a watered down version of the Ukrainian Crisis, Tim Kirby writes. It seems that a very typical Color Revolution scenario is starting to play out in Kazakhstan just as it did in many former Soviet Republics. The big issue for those who are actually concerned with Human Rights is whether this will…
The Hybrid War of Terror on Kazakhstan failed to accomplish its regime change goal, but Ablyazov still hopes to profit from it regardless. Fugitive Kazakhstani businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who fled his country to escape prosecution for financial crimes and now lives in France after receiving refugee status there, told Reuters that he considers himself to…
Nur-Sultan’s greatest challenge is removing self-interested foreign elements that are agitating on behalf of regional chaos. Washington denies that the West played an active role in the massive protests that have engulfed the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Yet the overall orchestration of the strife, in addition to the curious timing, points to some level…
Maidan in Almaty? Oh yeah. But it’s complicated. So is that much fear and loathing all about gas? Not really. Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight, in principle, because of the doubling of prices for liquefied gas, which reached the (Russian) equivalent of 20 rubles per liter (compare it to an average of 30…
