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Eurasia Net (23 June 2021)

Almaz Kumenov

As of this week, Kazakhstan has a new national security strategy, the first adopted under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, albeit only after approval from his predecessor.

The document signed by Tokayev on June 21 focuses on an array of highly topical issues, including the threats posed to security by viral pandemics, environmental threats, food shortages and the management of water resources.

For all these priority areas, “defensive mechanisms and concrete measures to prevent threats have been developed,” a press release about the strategy states, without going into details or providing illustration. “Many developed countries are revising their national security policies based on new international and domestic realities.”

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