Valdai Club

Ramesh Thakur

Ivan Timofeev

Nora Topor Kalinskij

Georgy Toloraya

Anatoly Torkunov

Mikhail Terskikh

Sim Tack

Alexey Timoshenko

Rami Tahboub

Valikhan Tuleshov

Kazakhstan

Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Policy (IWEP) at the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Materials

Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan: Tasks for Tomorrow

The early presidential elections in Kazakhstan with Nursultan Nazarbayev winning a convincing victory, was necessitated by a number of fundamental internal and external factors. During the new political period until 2020, Kazakhstan will start working toward the goals of reformatting its economic structure related to the industrial phase of the country’s capitalist development.

Russia and Kazakhstan: Divide in Order to Unite

Kazakhstan needs a more effective mechanism of cooperation with Russia in space exploration and other joint projects. If Russia leaves Baikonur, its place will immediately be taken by the United States, the EU and China. So the Baiterek space launch complex will be created at Baikonur anyway.

Kazakhstan Will Play Key Role in Russia’s Foreign Policy

Kazakhstan is Russia’s strategic partner and co-founder of the Customs Union. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev advanced the idea of Eurasian integration, which makes him the founding father of the planned Eurasian Union, advocated by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.