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]