https://kashagan.today/?p=4170 Covering Atyrau, Kashagan, Tengiz and Kazakhstan Sat, 21 Feb 2015 09:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 https://kashagan.today/?p=4170#comment-17902 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:56:06 +0000 https://kashagan.today/?p=4170#comment-17902 Kazakhstan is FAR-FAR from being ready to become a global power. With population slightly above 17 mln people and military strength dependent on supplies from other nations primarily Russia, there is a lot to be achieved first. Issues of corruption, improving the manufacturing capacity of military and other types of equipment, technological development remain unresolved. The country may be beginning to be perceived as a regional power, although its influence across the region is small if evident at all. The country should continue projecting its soft power as it is more efficient and attractive in most cases than hard power, and because it appears to be the only feasible way. Those trying to convince using hard power, most probably, act against the interests of Kazakhstan as this “recommendation” does not pass any critical test.

]]>