Righting the Ship  

作　　者：Sun Zhuangzhi 

机构地区：[1]the Institute of Russian,East European and Central Asian Studies,with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

出　　处：《Beijing Review》2022年第3期32-32,共1页北京周报（英文版）

摘　　要：Sparked by a fuel price hike on New Year’s Day,violent protests against the government erupted in Kazakhstan on January 2.The protests soon spread throughout the Central Asian nation.Facing the worst unrest in the country’s history since gaining independence in 1991,President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for assistance under the Collective Security Treaty Organization(CSTO),a Eurasian military alliance between six former Soviet republics,Kazakhstan included.Other members,namely Russia,Belarus,Armenia,Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan,responded quickly by sending peacekeeping troops to help protect the country s key facilities.

关 键 词：PEACE INDEPENDENCE Eurasian 

分 类 号：D736.1[政治法律—政治学]