Podcast: Beyond Borders Episode 15 – Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Referendum: What is at stake?

The latest episode of the ValEUs Podcast: Beyond Borders is online!

In this episode, Dana Koldeyeva of Nazarbayev University speaks with Alexei Trochev, a political scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, about the upcoming constitutional referendum in Kazakhstan. Professor Trochev examines the motivations behind constitutional reform in semi-authoritarian systems, the timing of these developments in Kazakhstan, and how the European Union may interpret them through the lens of its foreign policy values. He also outlines what citizens are being asked to approve in the upcoming 2026 Kazakhstan Constitutional Referendum and discusses the key proposed constitutional changes.

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