Kazakh Unrest a Problem for Region’s Despots

Security minister’s arrest hints at internal struggle. Putin, Xi, Lukashenko, Erdogan pay close attention

The Russian troops who arrived to prop up the Tokayev government in Kazakhstan may have helped stabilize the country for now. But the events that are taking place exemplify the complexities of issues in Central Asia and why Beijing, as well as Putin’s Russia, has a need to be concerned about the longer-term implication for themselves.

The significance of…