Will You Be My Friend?

The article focuses on the controversies concerning the snap elections in Kazakhstan and the country's contentious bid to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Kazakh Embassy to the U.S. sent letters to recipients encouraging them to apply to be observers on the OSCE election monitoring team. Others allege that it was an attempt to stack the OSCE with individuals sympathetic to Kazakhstan to ensure that the election receives a positive review.