@incollection{2020:mayer:kazakhstan,
title = {Kazakhstan’s OSCE Connectivity Ambitions: Trade Promotion and Norm Resistance},
year = {2020},
note = {During the 2010s, “connectivity” became a buzzword within the
OSCE’s second (economic and environmental) dimension of security as
a policy tool to improve economic relations among participating
States. Kazakhstan has advanced the idea of hosting an OSCE
connectivity centre in its capital to provide pertinent expertise.
This contribution to OSCE Insights discusses the concept of
connectivity, delineates Kazakhstan’s connectivity agenda, and
outlines its drivers. Beyond a material interest in the theme given
its landlocked location, Kazakhstan appears to use its connectivity
agenda as a vehicle to downplay commitments in the first
(politico-military) and especially the third (human) dimension of
security. It is argued that Kazakhstan’s initiative should be taken
seriously, not only because the OSCE can indeed play a role in
connectivity but also because Kazakhstan’s significant contributions
to regional and international cooperation and stability deserve
recognition. Yet it is emphasized that the three OSCE security
dimensions cannot be played off against each other and that Kazakhstan
must continue to pay attention to its commitments in the first and the
third dimensions.},
booktitle = {OSCE Insights 2020},
pages = {59--70},
edition = {1},
author = {Mayer, Sebastian},
publisher = {Nomos},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {},
volume = {}
}