Comments on: US Lukewarm on Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Reforms http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/23/us-lukewarm-on-kazakhstans-constitutional-reforms/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://registan.net/index.php/2007/05/23/us-lukewarm-on-kazakhstans-constitutional-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-374711 James Wed, 23 May 2007 21:46:07 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/05/23/us-lukewarm-on-kazakhstans-constitutional-reforms/#comment-374711 Do you think it is possible to engage with Kazakhstan and count them as a US ally without buying into the fantasy that this latest round of "reforms" is a step toward democracy? (After all, the notion that the US only supports democracies is itself a fantasy anyway). I'm not arguing that the US should isolate or even chastise Kazakhstan for the constitutional amendment, but let's at least call a spade a spade. Do you think it is possible to engage with Kazakhstan and count them as a US ally without buying into the fantasy that this latest round of “reforms” is a step toward democracy? (After all, the notion that the US only supports democracies is itself a fantasy anyway).

I’m not arguing that the US should isolate or even chastise Kazakhstan for the constitutional amendment, but let’s at least call a spade a spade.

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