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Kazakhstan democracy
![Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-27-123005.jpg)
Hopes for Renewal Disappointed Again in Kazakhstan
By Paolo Sorbello
Political manipulations stripped the people of the choice they were promised in Kazakhstan’s latest parliamentary election.
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Protests in Kazakhstan Disrupted With Arrests
By Catherine Putz
This weekend’s protests in Kazakhstan took place under a new law, but had the same results.
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Democracy, the Tokayev Way
By Nurseit Niyazbekov
Is democracy, the Tokayev way, just the same authoritarian regime skillfully imitating democratic institutions and procedures to legitimate itself?
![What Should U.S. Policy in Central Asia Be? What Should U.S. Policy in Central Asia Be?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-02_14-14-38.jpg)
What Should U.S. Policy in Central Asia Be?
By Catherine Putz
Also a look at Kazakhstan’s developmental state of mind and its economic hurdles: recommended reads.
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Getting Nationalism Just Right in Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
Too little Kazakh nationalism and too much Russian nationalism are both problems for Astana.
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Should We Stop Calling Kazakhstan an Autocracy?
By Catherine Putz
Nazarbayev says we should take Central Asia's culture and history into account and quit calling him an autocrat.
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Understanding Kazakhstan’s Politics
By Dena Sholk
Nazarbayev’s overwhelming victory notwithstanding, change is taking place in Kazakhstan.
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