Reflecting the increasing dominance of the ethnic Kazakhs in Kazakhstan’s population and Astana’s commitment to building a unified civic society, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has disbanded the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.

That body, which provided official representation of the country’s ethnic minorities, worked to prevent ethnic conflicts, and promoted a civic identity was set up in the early 1990s when the ethnic mix of Kazakhstan was very different and its possibilities for forming a nation state far less........

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