How Kazakhstan is Using Trade to Hedge between Global Superpowers
Sidhaant Bisani, Bsc Economics Introduction The past decade has brought about fascinating changes across the 5 Central Asian countries —Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. These countries, huddled in the shadow of shifting geopolitical dynamics between the juggernauts that are China, Russia, and broadly ‘The West’, are often discounted as players on the world stage. However, with Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the balance of power in the region has come into...