No. 249: Kazakhstan: A Centrepiece in China’s Belt and Road

Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Fabien Merz
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 249
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Kazakhstan is a linchpin for trade and transport links on the Eurasian continent – for China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) and beyond – due to its location, vast landmass and energy reserves. It is both the object and the subject of Chinese, Russian and Western geopolitical interests. The Kazakhstani case shows that the shape and success of the BRI largely depend on internal, not external, factors.

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Kazakhstan on the Belt, on the Road