Kazakhstan lies at the heart of critical trade routes and is one of the world’s top producers of oil, but its economy and security are largely reliant on its powerful neighbors, including Russia and China. I'll explain why Putin's invasion of Ukraine has put the Central Asian nation in a precarious position, prompting it to try and strengthen cooperation with China and the West without provoking Moscow.

0:00 Russia’s war in Ukraine is rippling through Central Asia
0:17 Why Kazakhstan is in a tricky geopolitical region
1:35 Kazakhstan’s oil and economic trade prospects: risks and rewards
3:46 Kazakhstan’s broadening security relationships with China, Turkey and the U.S.

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