Eqra Javed, and Syed Nouman Ali Shah. “Connectivity, Dependence and Strategic Leverage in Central Asia: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Reconfiguration of Kazakhstan’s Geopolitical Agency”. ASIAN Journal of International Peace & Security (AJIPS) 9, no. 3 (October 15, 2025): 41 - 55. Accessed January 3, 2026. https://www.ajips.org/index.php/ajips/article/view/2025-vol-09-issue-3-connectivity-dependence-and-strategic-levera.