Modern Diplomacy: "The importance of Secretary Rubio’s trip to Uzbekistan"

 

 

"The importance of Secretary Rubio’s trip to Uzbekistan"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Modern Diplomacy

10 October 2026

Published: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/10/10/the-importance-of-secretary-rubios-trip-to-uzbekistan/ 

 

Berliner Zeitung: " Kasachstan-Experte vor Tokajew-Besuch in Berlin: „Astana hat in manchen Fragen kaum eine Wahl“ / " Kazakhstan expert ahead of Tokayev’s visit to Berlin: “Astana has little choice on some issues”

 

 

"Kasachstan-Experte vor Tokajew-Besuch in Berlin: „Astana hat in manchen Fragen kaum eine Wahl“ / " Kazakhstan expert ahead of Tokayev’s visit to Berlin: “Astana has little choice on some issues” 

Nicolas Butylin

Berliner Zeitung

28 September. 2026

Published: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/tokajew-berlin-besuch-merz-kasachstan-russland-rote-linien-interview-10439174

Kasachstans Präsident Tokajew kommt nach Berlin. Ein Zentralasien-Experte erklärt im Gespräch, was Astana von Merz will und wo Moskaus rote Linien verlaufen.  

KazInform: "Reforms transfer more power to the people — US experts on Kazakhstan’s new Constitution" / "Реформы передают больше власти народу — эксперты из США о новой Конституции Казахстана"

 

 "Reforms transfer more power to the people — US experts on Kazakhstan’s new Constitution" / "Реформы передают больше власти народу — эксперты из США о новой Конституции Казахстана 

By: Рустем Кожыбаев

10 July 2026

https://www.inform.kz/ru/reformi-peredayut-bolshe-vlasti-narodu-eksperti-ssha-o-novoy-konstitutsii-kazahs-6529c723 

 Американские эксперты — вице-президент «The America-Eurasia Center» Ральф Винни и президент консалтинговой фирмы «Second Floor Strategies» Уайлдер Алехандро Санчес — поделились с собственным корреспондентом агентства Kazinform в Вашингтоне своей оценкой конституционных реформ в Казахстане.

Президент консалтинговой фирмы «Second Floor Strategies» Уайлдер Алехандро Санчес, в свою очередь, положительно оценил введение должности вице-президента.

— Я думаю, что одним из положительных изменений в новой Конституции является введение должности вице-президента, который сможет посещать Вашингтон, — отметил он.

https://www.inform.kz/ru/reformi-peredayut-bolshe-vlasti-narodu-eksperti-ssha-o-novoy-konstitutsii-kazahs-6529c723

 

Modern Diplomacy: "New beginnings: Moldova withdraws from the CIS"

 

 "New beginnings: Moldova withdraws from the CIS"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Modern Diplomacy

14 March, 2026

Published: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/03/14/new-beginnings-moldova-withdraws-from-the-cis/

The Republic of Moldova announced in early March that the process to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is moving forward. The decision to leave this bloc highlights Moldova’s foreign policy strategy of reducing ties with Russia while increasing engagement with European organizations.

The National Interest: "Why Donald Trump Should Visit Central Asia in 2026"

 

"Why Donald Trump Should Visit Central Asia in 2026"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The National Interest

30 January, 2026

Published: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/why-donald-trump-should-visit-central-asia-in-2026

 

While the White House has paid more attention to Central Asia than past administrations, it is unclear where the region fits on the US priority list. 

Central Asia, due to its vast energy and mineral resources, is of critical importance to China, Europe, Russia, and the United States. While geographically distant, the US government has made important strides in recent years to increase its engagement with Central Asia, including a high-profile 5+1 presidential meeting in Washington in late 2025. It would not just be symbolic, but also very important, if President Donald Trump visited a Central Asian country like Kazakhstan this year, one of the two Central Asian countries that joined Trump’s Board of Peace at the recent Davos conference.

 

 

NEGlobal: "Moldova’s foreign policy goals for 2026: No unification, but more European integration"

 

 

"Moldova’s foreign policy goals for 2026: No unification, but more European integration"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

NEGlobal

20 January 2026

Published: https://www.neglobal.eu/moldovas-foreign-policy-goals-for-2026-no-unification-but-more-european-integration/

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said in a recent media interview that she would support Moldova’s unification with Romania if the Moldovan population voted in favor of this initiative. While this initiative is unlikely to happen, this statement highlights the strong relations between Chisinau and Bucharest (current and historical).

Furthermore, President Sandu’s statement can also be put in the context of Moldova’s growing engagement with Europe. At the end of 2025, Moldova’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Mihai Popsoi, discussed his ministry’s five diplomatic achievements for the year. One new accomplishment is that Moldova is currently the president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and will organize a major ministerial summit in May. Moldova’s quest to join the European Union — President Sandu wants her country to join the bloc by the end of the decade — remains steadfast. If the first half of the 2020s can be summarized as Moldova embarking on a European quest, the second half of the decade will cement it.

 

 

The Diplomat: " Try, Try Again: New Bills Submitted to Address the Jackson-Vanik Problem "

 

"Try, Try Again: New Bills Submitted to Address the Jackson-Vanik Problem"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The Diplomat

Trans-Pacific Review

17 November, 2025

Published: https://thediplomat.com/2025/11/try-try-again-new-bills-submitted-to-address-the-jackson-vanik-problem/ 

 

Two new bills have been submitted to the U.S. Congress to deal the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik amendment. 

Kazinform: "The US-Venezuela Conflict: What's Happening Between the Countries?" / " Конфликт США и Венесуэлы: что происходит между странами"

 

"The US-Venezuela Conflict: What's Happening Between the Countries?" / "Конфликт США и Венесуэлы: что происходит между странам"

 By: Рустем Кожыбаев 

KazInform

10 October, 2025

Published: https://www.inform.kz/ru/konflikt-ssha-i-venesueli-chto-proishodit-mezhdu-stranami-c758b8 

Американские военные 3 октября в четвертый раз атаковали морское судно у берегов Венесуэлы, в результате чего погиб экипаж корабля, подозреваемого в перевозке наркотиков в Карибском море. В причинах эскалации напряженности между США и Венесуэлой разбирался собственный корреспондент агентства Кazinform.  

On October 3, the US military attacked a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the fourth time, killing the crew of the vessel, which was suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. Kazinform's own correspondent investigated the reasons for the escalating tensions between the US and Venezuela.

The Diplomat: " The Enduring Legacy of US-Uzbekistan Exchange Programs "

 

 

"The Enduring Legacy of US-Uzbekistan Exchange Program"

 Marin Ekstrom and Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The Diplomat

Crossroads Asia

8 October 2025

Published: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/the-enduring-legacy-of-us-uzbekistan-exchange-programs/ 

At the annual alumni conference, the transformative power of people-to-people programs was on full display.

The power of people-to-people initiatives was on full display at the 2025 U.S Exchange Alumni Conference, held in Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, on September 27-28, which one of the authors of this commentary attended. The annual event, co-organized by the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan, American Councils, and the Regional Alumni Representatives (RARs), provided an opportunity for approximately 100 Uzbek former participants in U.S. exchange programs to share their experiences and discuss the ongoing impact on their professional and personal lives. 

 

KazInform: " Как будут развиваться отношения Казахстана и США " / "How will relations between Kazakhstan and the United States develop?"

 

" Как будут развиваться отношения Казахстана и США" / "How will relations between Kazakhstan and the United States develop?"

 By: Rustem Kozhybaev

KazInform

10 July, 2025

Published: https://www.inform.kz/ru/kak-budut-razvivatsya-otnosheniya-kazahstana-i-ssha-b04dc1 

 Какой политики ожидать от администрации Дональда Трампа в отношении Казахстана в условиях завершения в текущем году Стратегии США по Центральной Азии на 2019-2025 году – в материале собственного корреспондента агентства Кazinform.  

Какой будет новая стратегия

Стратегия США была принята во время первого срока президенства Дональда Трампа в 2019 году, и теперь вновь его администрация будет определять внешнеполитический курс США в отношении стран Центральной Азии.

Президент консалтинговой фирмы «Second Floor Strategies» Уайлдер Алехандро Санчес поделился мнением о том, как может измениться новая стратегия в отношении нашего региона.

 

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What policy can be expected from the Donald Trump administration towards Kazakhstan in the context of the completion of the US Strategy for Central Asia for 2019-2025 this year – in the material of the Kazinform agency’s own correspondent.

What will the new strategy be

The US strategy was adopted during Donald Trump's first term in 2019, and now his administration will once again determine the US foreign policy course towards the countries of Central Asia.

President of the consulting firm Second Floor Strategies Wilder Alejandro Sanchez shared his opinion on how the new strategy for our region may change.

 

 

 

 

NE Global "Moldova: Engaging neighbors, not just Global powers"

 

 

"Moldova: Engaging neighbors, not just Global powers"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

NE Global 

9 July 2025

Published: https://www.neglobal.eu/moldova-engaging-neighbors-not-just-global-powers/

Moldova is not solely laser-focused on joining the EU but also engaging its regional European neighbors and lesser-known blocs.

In this era of Great Power competition, or Cold War 2.0, there are a plethora of analyses and commentaries about evolving geopolitical affairs, including relations between the so-called small countries with the Great Powers (the U.S., China, and Russia), the European Union, Japan, and medium and rising powers (Brazil, Kazakhstan, India or Turkey). However, an often-overlooked topic is how countries with a more limited global footprint interact with their peers.

 

The Diplomatic Courier: "The evolution of Kazakhstan’s new “blue” foreign policy"

 

 

 

 "The evolution of Kazakhstan’s new “blue” foreign policy"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The Diplomatic Courier

10 June, 2025

Link: https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/the-evolution-of-kazakhstans-new-blue-foreign-policy

Climate change, population growth, and water mismanagement make water resources a very sensitive topic in Central Asia. Kazakhstan should apply its multivector foreign policy to a new “blue” approach, writes Wilder Alejandro Sánchez.

 

Water has become the new gold due to droughts, flooding, desertification, the effect of climate change on these natural disasters, population growth, and water mismanagement. Accordingly, water sharing among countries is a sensitive topic. In Central Asia, for example, water resources are divided between the upstream and downstream nations. Kazakhstan’s focus on water management—and its history of mulitvector foreign policy—should give rise to a new approach to diplomacy.

 

 

NE Global: "Tashkent’s busy diplomatic agenda"

 

"Tashkent’s busy diplomatic agenda"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

NE Global

28 February 2025

Published: https://www.neglobal.eu/tashkents-busy-diplomatic-agenda/

In the coming months, Uzbekistan will host high-profile summits between Central Asia with the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council. As global geopolitics continue to be in flux, Uzbekistan in particular, and Central Asia in general, are adapting to this evolving world. Hosting high-level meetings with Brussels & the Gulf States and recent bilateral discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and even the Taliban suggest that Tashkent is eager to engage with current and new partners and approach unavoidable, high-risk neighbors.

The Diplomat: " Trump 2.0 and Central Asia: Optimism After Rubio’s Comments"

 

 

 

"Trump 2.0 and Central Asia: Optimism After Rubio’s Comment"

 Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Crossroads Asia

Central Asia

27 January 2025

Published: https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/trump-2-0-and-central-asia-optimism-after-rubios-comments/

 During his nomination hearing last week, now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio endorsed the annulment of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, although its removal is ultimately a Congressional task.

 

Modern Diplomacy: "The year of Japan-CARICOM Friendship"

 "The year of Japan-CARICOM Friendship"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

East Asia

Modern Diplomacy

23 January, 2025

Published: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/23/the-year-of-japan-caricom-friendship/

Last year was the Japan-CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Friendship Year, aimed at strengthening relations between Tokyo and this important 15-member bloc. Analyses about extra-regional nations with Western Hemisphere states tend to focus on the mainland, namely Latin America. Hence, Tokyo’s interest in engaging the Caribbean, an often-overlooked region, deserves praise and analysis.

The Japan-CARICOM Year had three pillars: cooperation towards sustainable development, including overcoming vulnerabilities particular to Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which include CARICOM members; deepening and expanding bonds; and cooperation on global challenges. The Japan-CARICOM Friendship Year also commemorated the 30th anniversary of Japan-CARICOM relations and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Jamaica & Trinidad and Tobago.

 

 

 

E-IR: "Omens for Uruguay’s Presidential Elections"

 

"Omens for Uruguay’s Presidential Elections"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez and Caleb Mills

Opinion

E-International Relations

23 September 2024

Originally published: https://www.e-ir.info/2024/09/23/opinion-omens-for-uruguays-presidential-elections/

Uruguay will hold general elections on 27 October. As South American politics remain turbulent, Uruguay is one of the few remaining islands of stability and progressive thinking. Nevertheless, the situation remains complex as the country has several challenges. There are three main presidential candidates to replace President Luis Lacalle Pou (2020-present): Yamandú Orsi (Broad Front or Frente Amplio); Álvaro Delgado (National Party or Partido Nacional); and Andrés Ojeda (Colorado Party or Partido Colorado). Recent polls show that Orsi has over 40% of the vote, with Delgado in second with around 20%. If no candidate achieves over 50% of the votes in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes will have a run-off on 24 November.

 

Oxford Diplomatic Dispatch: "KAZAKHSTAN’S MULTIVECTOR FOREIGN POLICY 2.0"

 

"Kazakhstan's Multivector Foreign Policy 2.0"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Oxford Diplomatic Dispatch

No. 10 (2024)

Oxford Diplomatic Society

Originally published: https://www.oxforddiplomaticsociety.com/dispatch

The Republic of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy is based on multivectorism since Astana aims to have cordial relations with all states. The war in Ukraine has altered global geopolitics, and countries, particularly those bordering the Russian Federation, have to revisit their foreign (and defense) policies and strategies. Astana’s multipronged strategy must evolve into what I label a multivector foreign policy 2.0. Multivectorism already promotes deep relations with various players. I argue for a greater focus on environmental issues/

Interview: The US expert supports the country's multivector foreign policy"

 

"АҚШ сарапшысы еліміздің көп векторлы саясатын қолдайды" /"The US expert supports the country's multivector foreign policy"

Khabar 24 (Kazakhstan)

Originally published: https://24.kz/kz/zha-aly-tar/sayasat/item/633883-a-sh-sarapshysy-elimizdi-k-p-vektorly-sayasatyn-oldajdy

 

Қазақстан әлемдегі күрделі экономикалық, геосаяси жағдайларға қарамастан сыртқы саясатын тыңғылықты, тиянақты жүргізіп келеді. Президент Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаевтың «Егемен Қазақстан» газетіне берген сұхбатына пікір білдірген америкалық сарапшы Уайлдер Санчес осылай дейді. 

 Уайлдер Алехандро Санчес, консалтингтік фирма президенті: «Қазақстан өзінің көп векторлы сыртқы саясатымен белгілі. Президент Тоқаевтың сұхбатынан бұл ұстанымның эволюциясын байқадым. Мұны көп векторлы сыртқы саясат 2.0 деп атасақ болады. Қазақстан қазіргі күрделі геосаяси сын қатерлерді сауатты еңсеріп қана қоймай, оны мүмкіндік ретінде де пайдаланып келеді. Ресеймен де, Қытаймен де байланыстарын сақтай отырып, АҚШ, Европа секілді батыс елдерімен сауда саттықты тереңдетіп жатыр. Оған Транскаспий дәлізінің қарқынды дамып жатқаны дәлел».

 

E-International Relations: "Opinion – Biden Should Visit Moldova"

 

"Opinion – Biden Should Visit Moldova"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Opinion

E-International Relations

13 November, 2023

Originally published: https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/13/opinion-biden-should-visit-moldova/

Several global crises will keep the United States government busy throughout 2024, such as the war in Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, and ongoing tensions with China. Domestically, 2024 is an election year, with Joe Biden’s Republican opponent yet to be determined. While addressing these crises and domestic developments, Washington must simultaneously reinforce partnerships with erstwhile peripheral countries whose relevance to global affairs has grown in recent years—for example, the Republic of Moldova. While 2024 will be a hectic year, a historic visit by President Biden to Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, is advisable.

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Interview: " Прием по случаю празднования Дня Республики организовали в Вашингтоне "

 

"Прием по случаю празднования Дня Республики организовали в Вашингтоне"

"A reception to celebrate Republic Day was organized in Washington DC"

KazInform

24 October 2024

Originally published: https://www.inform.kz/ru/posolstvo-rk-v-ssha-organizovalo-priem-po-sluchayu-prazdnovaniya-dnya-respubliki-f6d4f1

В Вашингтоне организован прием по случаю празднования Дня Республики Казахстан, который был украшен выступлением солистов Государственной концертной организации «Қазақконцерт» имени Р. Баглановой «FORTE TRIO», передает собственный корреспондент агентства Kazinform.

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