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How Kazakhstan's New President Will Navigate His Country's Role in the Global Great Power Competition
MIN READMay 24, 2019 | 05:30 GMT

Kazakhstan's acting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tokayev will be filling the shoes of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been not only the sole president of post-Soviet Kazakhstan but also the founder of the modern Kazakh nation.
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