Kazakhstan leverages middle power status with West, China, Russia

Europe, U.S. need to enhance engagement with Astana

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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, second left, hosts the leaders of China, Russia, Tajikistan and Belarus at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana on July 4. © Reuters

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."

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