How Powerful Is Kazakhstan? | NowThis World
Kazakhstan has had a great year in political outreach, and a not-so-great year in economy. With so many of you asking for an update, we thought we'd ask: How Powerful is Kazakhstan? » Subscribe...
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2017 has been a big year for Kazakhstan: they hosted an International Expo and they currently hold a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While these are new introductions on the world stage, regionally the country is a dominant force. For the last few years, our commenters have been asking us to dive deep into the Central Asian giant, and we’re finally ready to answer one of your most burning questions: just how powerful is Kazakhstan? Well, when we say Central Asian giant, we mean just that. Kazakhstan is massive, coming in at a little over one million square miles in size. That makes it the single largest landlocked country in the world, and the ninth largest overall. That’s about four times the size of the US state of Texas. But sur...
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2017 has been a big year for Kazakhstan: they hosted an International Expo and they currently hold a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While these are new introductions on the world stage, regionally the country is a dominant force. For the last few years, our commenters have been asking us to dive deep into the Central Asian giant, and we’re finally ready to answer one of your most burning questions: just how powerful is Kazakhstan? Well, when we say Central Asian giant, we mean just that. Kazakhstan is massive, coming in at a little over one million square miles in size. That makes it the single largest landlocked country in the world, and the ninth largest overall. That’s about four times the size of the US state of Texas. But sur...
