SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS A NATIONAL STRATEGIC CHOICE Sustainable development in Kazakhstan is not an abstract policy aspiration. It is a deliberate strategic choice that shapes our domestic reforms, our regional engagement in Central Asia, and our partnerships with the European Union. As emphasised by President Kassym Jomart Tokayev at the National Kurultai–2026, sustainability forms the […]
INTERSECTING INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY “Technology does not create depth – it merely reveals the level of human thinking.” As sustainable development is increasingly shaped not only by environmental factors but also by intellectual and technological ones, a new type of leadership is emerging – leaders capable of rethinking the future […]
When war broke out in the Middle East at the beginning of March, I was in Astana. I felt somewhat distant from the news headlines and perhaps that espouses the common view that Central Asia has always been somewhat distant in global minds — geographically, politically, even psychologically. Yet distance has never guaranteed insulation. The […]
