Why Kazakhstan Dismantled Its Nuclear Arsenal

Last week (August 29) was fifth observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. One of the first decrees of President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, upon the country gaining independence in 1991, was the historic decision to close, on Aug. 29 the same year, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear test site, the second largest in the world. … Continue reading “Why Kazakhstan Dismantled Its Nuclear Arsenal”