It has negotiated a stable position with its neighbors and has created relationships with the United States and other Western nations.
Foreign countries help guarantee Kazakhstan's stability to protect their own economic interests.
The major concern for Kazakhstan now is how it will maintain its national security after it disposes of all of its nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons were a main contributor to Kazakhstan's national security. The breakup of the Soviet Union left Kazakhstan with many nuclear missiles and even some nuclear capable aircraft. The United States and Russia took a direct interest in eliminating these assets to consolidate the nuclear power of the former Soviet Union in the Russian Federation. Kazakhstan also had an interest in ridding itself of nuclear arms and materials.