Astana Club Explained

Astana Club
Formation:9 November 2015
Founder:Nursultan Nazarbayev
Founding Location:Astana, Kazakhstan
Type:Think tank
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Headquarters:Nur-Sultan
Fields:Foreign policy
Security policy
Economic policy
Eurasia
Language:Kazakh, English, Russian
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Affiliations:Carnegie Endowment
Chatham House
Russian Council for International Affairs

The Astana Club is a global issues dialogue platform based on Chatham House rules and convened by Nursultan Nazarbayev.[1]

The club has partnered with international think tanks the Institute of World Economy and Politics, the Carnegie Endowment, the German Council on Foreign Relations, the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, and the Russian International Affairs Council.[2]

Club participants include scholars, businesspersons and former members of the U.S. Congress.[3]

The Astana Club inaugural meeting was keynoted by OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Kazakh President addresses global issues in Astana Club speech. The Astana Times.
  2. Web site: About the Astana Club. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117122213/http://astanaclub.kz/en/index.html#about. 2017-11-17. dead.
  3. Web site: Astana Club Participants. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117122824/http://astanaclub.kz/en/participants-en/index.html. 2017-11-17. dead.
  4. Web site: In Astana, Oliver addresses OSCE's role in Eurasia, meets with Chairman of Kazakhstan's Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. OSCE. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222453/https://www.oscepa.org/news-a-media/press-releases/186-news-a-media/press-releases/2015/2409-in-astana-oliver-addresses-osce-s-role-in-eurasia-meets-with-chairman-of-kazakhstan-s-senate-kassym-jomart-tokayev. 2017-11-18. dead.