MULTI-VECTOR DIVERSIFICATION: KAZAKHASTAN´S TRANSNATIONAL FUTURE

• Main Authors: Elvira Aidarkhanova, Farkhod Aminjonov, Garth McLennan, Tamara Kolesnikova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UNISCI 2017-10-01
• Series: Revista UNISCI
• Subjects: Kazakhstan; Energy; Oil; Gas; Nuclear proliferation
• Online Access: http://www.unisci.es/multi-vector-diversification-kazakhastans-transnational-future/

The recent election of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council gives the country an opportunity to participate more directly in shaping regional and global energy, economics, and security. A multi-vector and balanced foreign policy will allow Kazakhstan to strengthen regional security and enhance integration processes with Central Asian states. Kazakhstan can contribute to regional energy security, counterterrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, and other goals. Kazakhstan is among a few countries in the Eurasian region where primary energy production significantly exceeds energy consumption. The country also has striven to reduce regional tensions and terrorism. Meanwhile, non-proliferation has since independence has come to represent the organizing principle of the country’s cooperative foreign policy, one that seeks independence through simultaneous engagement with external powers