"Only robust democratic institutions can ensure the stability the country needs to be a trusted supplier of hydrocarbons and uranium to others."
Despite the recent election leading to widened representation, the internal democratic situation has not really improved. The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Get it right in Kazakhstan. Both the election and the wider context, moreover, indicate deeper problems and latent instabilities.
The US, the EU, and even India, would face awkward decisions over whether to profit from the enforced "political stability" at Astana in order to ensure continued supply from Kazakhstan's substantial reserves of oil, natural gas, and uranium, and a range of rare earths essential for high-tech appliances, through supply routes other than those via Russia, or to encourage the consolidation of democratic institutions and processes within the country.
The best strategy under the circumstances for both Mr. Nazarabayev and the countries that seek to do business with Kazakhstan is to strengthen democratic institutions and practices there. Failure to do so could mean ending up with a country in meltdown!
Despite the recent election leading to widened representation, the internal democratic situation has not really improved. The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Get it right in Kazakhstan. Both the election and the wider context, moreover, indicate deeper problems and latent instabilities.
The US, the EU, and even India, would face awkward decisions over whether to profit from the enforced "political stability" at Astana in order to ensure continued supply from Kazakhstan's substantial reserves of oil, natural gas, and uranium, and a range of rare earths essential for high-tech appliances, through supply routes other than those via Russia, or to encourage the consolidation of democratic institutions and processes within the country.
The best strategy under the circumstances for both Mr. Nazarabayev and the countries that seek to do business with Kazakhstan is to strengthen democratic institutions and practices there. Failure to do so could mean ending up with a country in meltdown!
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