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National Interest – Central Asia’s AI Window

The Astana Times – Kazakhstan’s Staged Reforms: Democracy by Evolution, Not Revolution

GCSP's Strategic Security Analysis – Securing the New Resource Frontier: Critical Minerals in an Era of Great Power Rivalry

Observer Research Foundation – Kazakhstan in Harsh V. Pant and Kaush Arha, (eds.), A Global Vision of Free and Open Spaces: Creating Connectivity in the Modern World

The National Interest – How US Inconsistency Undermines Its Central Asia Position

FPCI’s Middle Power Insights – Kazakhstan's Multi-Vector Diplomacy: Bridging Rival Powers through Networked Multilateralism

The Astana Times – Kazakhstan–China Relations: Model for Middle-Power Engagement in Fragmented World

New Atlanticist – How Kazakhstan can anchor a resilient rare‑earth supply chain for the West

Asia Times – Middle powers, not great ones, shaping the new world order

Modern Diplomacy – Strategic Autonomy of Middle Powers under US–China Rivalry

The Astana Times – Pax Americana is Over – Middle Powers Must Shape What Comes Next

The Astana Times – C5+ Solution: Japan’s Minilateral Diplomacy and Central Asia’s Balancing Act

The National Interest – Consistency, Not Priority, Is The Key To U.S. Central Asia Policy

Asia Times – Central Asia as emerging crucible of a new Great Game

The Astana Times – Failure of Value-Based Politics: Implications for Central Asia

International Studies Center – Centrality in Policy: Lessons from ASEAN and Central Asia

RUSI Newsbrief – Kazakhstan in the Middle: Resilience in the Face of Great Power Rivalry

The Astana Times – Understanding Kazakhstan’s Middle Power Strategy

Modern Diplomacy – From Backwater to Beacon: Kazakhstan’s Identity as a Middle Power

Journal of Central Asian Studies – Expanding Eurocentric Narratives of International Relations through Conservative Cooperation

Global Asia – Middle Powers and Resilient Multilateralism

The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs – Pandemic Diplomacy: China’s Role in Central Asia in the Era of Covid-19

Miras Zhiyenbayev

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