David A. Merkel is managing director of Summit Worldwide Advisors, a consultancy primarily based in Phoenix, Arizona. He beforehand served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs and as director for South and Central Asia on the Nationwide Safety Council.
Kazakh International Minister Murat Nurtleu traveled to Brussels final month, simply weeks after taking workplace, to plead his nation’s case amid rising indicators that the EU and U.S. could impose sanctions on Astana over the blind eye it has turned to the trafficking of restricted items to Russia.