Article detail · 2007
The role of oil and gas in Kazakhstan's foreign policy: Looking east or west?
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- 2007
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- article
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- YÖKSİS venue EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES
- Catalog match (ISSN) Europe-Asia Studies
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Abstract
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This study examines the role of oil and gas in the making of Kazakhstan's foreign policy. It argues that Kazakhstan has been following a multi-vector foreign policy in relation to its oil-led development and the geopolitics of exporting oil from this landlocked region. The significance of geopolitical considerations and the resulting pragmatism of Kazakhstan's leadership only allow a limited role for national identity and internal political dynamics in the making of its foreign policy. Kazakhstan's geopolitical imperatives force the country to keep good relations with Russia and China as well as with the US and the EU, as counterbalancing partners.
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