Kazakhstan, the Requisite Model and Mediator to North Korean Denuclearization

... on the Korean Peninsula.” Galia Ibragimova: Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Greater Security for the Region? Challenges and Conclusion Following the Kazakhstan model of denuclearization in North Korea will not come without challenges. In Kazakhstan, denuclearization was successful partially because both civil society and government converged on the issue of denuclearization. During Perestroika and Glasnost, the people of Kazakhstan found out about the adverse health effects nuclear testing had on ...