In 1991, Kazakhstan inherited the world’s 4th largest nuclear weapons arsenal. In a courageous act, President Nazarbayev dismantled these weapons so rogue states or terrorists couldn’t access them. Today, he supports President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit initiative and will participate at The Hague summit in March.
Kazakhstan has championed nonproliferation and advocates for a nuclear weapons free world with likeminded organizations, like PNND, Global Security Institute and The ATOM Project.
At a time when Iran’s nuclear program remain in question, and images of chemical weapons used in Syria are not forgotten, the power of the Presidency should be used to show the world that peace can be obtained without WMDs, rather than with them, as Kazakhstan has proved.