Kazakhstan’s Chaos: Lessons for the Rest of Asia

Kazakhstan’s extreme violence sponsored by the US in an attempt to overextend Russia and China serves as a warning to the world the danger the US poses as well as an example of how regions must unite together to defend against this sort of attack.

References:

RAND Corporation – Overextending and Unbalancing Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_br…

US Embassy and Consulate, Kazakhstan – Demonstration Alert: U.S. Mission Kazakhstan December 16, 2021:
https://kz.usembassy.gov/demonstratio…

TASS – Fugitive banker calls himself leader of protests in Kazakhstan – agency:
https://tass.com/world/1384807?s=09

ABC Australia – Kazakhstan officer beheaded, protesters killed as government offices are targeted amid unrest:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-0…

Eurasianet – Kazakhstan: Sinophobic sentiments trigger fresh rallies (2019):
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-sin…

NED – Kazakhstan 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/eurasia/ka…

NED-funded Orgs Called “Independent”

CPJ – Kazakh police detain, harass editor of independent weekly Uralskaya Nedelya:
https://cpj.org/2021/02/kazakh-police…

Eurasianet – Kazakhstan: Feisty newspaper rages against the dying of the light:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-fei…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Kazakh Journalists, Activists Summoned Ahead Of Protest:
https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-jo…

Frontline Defenders – KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW (KIBHR):
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en…

Freedom House – Kazakhstan: Government Suspends Key Human Rights Organizations:
https://freedomhouse.org/article/kaza…

NED-funded Groups Leading Protests Eurasianet – Kazakhstan: Waking up to reform:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-wak…

Democracy & Parties – Winter School 2020:
https://democracyandparties.com/odihr…

LPRC – Partners (archived):
http://web.archive.org/web/2017102219…

Eurasianet – About (US/UK government and Open Society funded):
https://eurasianet.org/about

RFE/RL – Kazakhs Mark 50th Anniversary Of Gulag’s Official Closure:
https://www.rferl.org/a/Kazakhs_Mark_…

Wikileaks – KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN ORANGE REVOLUTION (2005):
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05…