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Project Sapphire at 30: U.S.-Kazakh Cooperation to Reduce Nuclear Threats
December 4, 2024

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and the Republic of Kazakhstan undertook a secret joint operation, now known as Project Sapphire, to secure large quantities of weapons-grade uranium and stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Key participants reflect on this successful effort and commemorate decades of partnership at this event.

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How Local Realities Compelled China to Adapt Its Soft-Power Strategy in Kazakhstan

China has strategically pushed into education, culture, media, and art—especially in the Kazakh language.

  • Berikbol Dukeyev
· September 30, 2024
Video of Yanliang Pan discussing Kazakhstan's role in China’s nuclear growth and its impact on international energy dynamics.
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Kazakhstan's Uranium Revolution: Powering China's Nuclear Future

How is Kazakhstan reshaping the nuclear industry? With advanced uranium mining and joint ventures, Kazakhstan supplies 40% of the world's uranium, fueling China’s nuclear expansion and reshaping geopolitics. Yanliang Pan unpacks Kazakhstan's pivotal role in China’s nuclear growth and its impact on international energy dynamics.

· August 2, 2024
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Boots On the Ground: What Chinese Private Security Contractors Do in Central Asia

And how they adapted to local market demands and security challenges.

  • Odil Gafarov
· August 1, 2024
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Green New Wave: How China Adapts to Central Asia’s Renewable Energy Landscape

China has been investing in solar and wind energy projects in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, increasingly adapting its approach to the needs and regulations in each country.

  • Yunis Sharifli
· April 19, 2024
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To Secure Kazakhstan’s Uranium, Chinese Players Were Compelled to Accommodate Local Partners

Kazakhstan has leveraged its natural uranium resources to hold the reins in its nuclear fuel–related dealings with China.

· March 26, 2024
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Kazakhstan’s Actions to Address Nuclear and Biological Risks
January 30, 2024

Kazakhstan’s leadership on nuclear and biological risk reduction for the last 30 years serves as a core model for regional and international security. Please join us for a moderated discussion on the history of this work and Kazakhstan’s increasingly global role in the changing WMD threat landscape.

  • Togzhan Kassenova
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KZ Right Now: Kazakhstan’s Politics in a Changing Global Order

Temur Umarov offers insights on the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Kazakhstan’s domestic and foreign policy.

  • Temur Umarov
· November 12, 2023
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Reimagining Continental Asia: Launching a New Carnegie Initiative
October 4, 2023

Evan Feigenbaum, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Temur Umarov, Nicole Grajewski, and Asel Doolotkeldieva focus on strategic dynamics in continental Asia and how regional players—not the United States or the transatlantic West—are driving both diplomacy and regional integration.

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Why Did Central Asia’s Leaders Agree to Attend Moscow’s Military Parade?

The political elites of Central Asia view the invasion of Ukraine through the prism of their own interests, top of which is the preservation of their own regimes. For this reason, they will continue to show loyalty to Putin.

  • Temur Umarov
· May 12, 2023