Saint Petersburg university of State fire service of EMERCOM of Russia (department of theory and history of state and law, associate professor)
Saint-Petersburg state economic university (basic department of Eurasian integration, head of the basic department)
Minsk, Belarus
Sankt-Peterburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
The article is devoted to the analysis of the nature of the geopolitical confrontation in Kazakhstan. Geopolitical strategies of multi-domain warfare with "network swarming" are considered. It is emphasized that the May events in the republic represent a well-planned coup attempt and threaten the geopolitical security of Kazakhstan. It is concluded that the turbulent processes in Kazakhstan pose a serious challenge to the national security of Russia.
national security, "New Great Game", geopolitical confrontation, multi-domain war, "controlled chaos","multi-vector" geopolitics
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