| Summary/Abstract |
The concept of multi-vector policy underlies Kazakhstan’s foreign policy
strategy. However the implementation of this strategy in the UN General
Assembly has not yet been studied. In this work, the author analyzes voting
cohesion of Kazakhstan and Russia, China, the U.S., and Germany in 2007-
2022, and also studies Kazakhstan’s behavior when the above countries
voted oppositely. Based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of voting
on more than a thousand resolutions concerning international relations or
foreign policy, the author concludes that the main vector of this policy is
not Russia, which is formally a key ally of Kazakhstan, but China. Most often
Kazakhstan’s foreign policy position is identical to that of China (and least
of all to that of the United States). In addition, Kazakhstan avoids offering
explicit support to Russia on initiatives related to armed conflicts, including
the one in Ukraine.
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