US Ambassador to Kazakhstan Outlines US Engagement in Central Asia

U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum visiting Oskemen in Eastern Kazakhstan, January 2023. Central Asia discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum, Caspian Policy Center, Washington, Jan. 4, 2024. Smoke rises from the city hall building during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

U.S. strategic interests in Central Asia boil down to stability and sovereignty, according to Washington's top diplomat in Kazakhstan, an oil-rich republic sharing long borders with Russia and China.