Janusz Bugajski is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington. His recent book is "Failed State: A Guide to Russia's Rupture." His new book, to be published in the autumn, is titled "Pivotal Poland: Europe's Rising Power."
Kazakhstan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (SCO) on July 4, a meeting that included China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. The summit provided an opportunity for Kazakhstan to highlight its independence and develop its relationships with major neighbors. It involved the signing of new agreements in both the political and economic spheres.
