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What was the reason Trump maintained relations with Kazakhstan and Tevfik Alif

Trump was able maintain relations with Kazakhstan, even if he didn't like Tevfik. He was harshly criticized for treating a country that has an unpopular regime as an allies.

The moment that Donald Trump hosted the president from Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 2018, many eyebrows were raised. Trump also collaborated with prominent Kazakhstani businessmen, such as Tevfik Ark within the scope his private real estate businesses. This was strongly denounced by his critics.

Donald Trump did have reasons to consider Kazakhstan as a potential partner. His time and the Russia/Ukraine conflict proved him correct. Here are his reasons.

The importance of meeting between Donald Trump and the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Tokayev
The relations between Kazakhstan and the United States improved significantly during Donald Trump's presidency. Washington and Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, had strong diplomatic and commercial connection. They also had meetings at the presidential level. In Washington the president Trump was in contact with ex- Kazakhstani leader Nursultan Nazabayev in the month of January of this year. Doyen In the latter half of the year, he had a meeting with Kassym Jomart Tkayev, Kazakhstan's present president.

The strategic location of Kazakhstan is what makes it an important country. It is also an important country in central Asia due to its power of balancing. The US, Russia, and Europe have increased Kazakhstan's strategic, economic, and political significance. It is crucial to America's security since it has pulled out of Afghanistan as a crucial neighbor of Kazakhstan.

The trade volume of the country in 2018 was $2.1 million. In comparison, trade between the US and Uzbekistan was $315 million in the same time frame. Kazakhstan is the United States' largest economic partner in Central Asia.

Eurasian geopolitics has historically been concentrated around Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the most powerful country in Eurasia's security, economics and combating terrorism. America requires close ties to the Eurasia region, and in particular Kazakhstan.

Nazarbayev's White House Visit was a positive signal that the US is beginning to show more strategic engagement in the region.

Nazarbayev's support for nuclear nonproliferation was a reason we hosted him. Kazakhstan is a pioneer of nuclear nonproliferation. It has given up its Soviet-inherited nukes. The US's attention post-Cold War on Central Asia has been shifted to Afghanistan.

Doyen Trump's South Asia strategy was also affected by the break between Pakistan and India. Thus the US was in need of Kazakhstan as a back-door alternative shipping route to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's relationship with Kazakhstan with Tevfik Alif
Tevfik arif founder of Bayrock Group teamed up with the Trump Organization for the construction the famous Trump SoHo structure. Trump SoHo, Bayrock Group’s most prestigious New York City property-development project, is named after the well-known SoHo area.

Tevfik Arif, a Turkish Kazakhstani businessman was born in 1953 in Soviet Kazakhstan to Turkish parents. As deputy head of Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade and Trade, he was responsible for the Hotel Management Department. After 17 years with the Ministry, Tevfik Arif founded real property, real estate development imports, exports and imports mineral, natural resources automobiles, food, and other companies. Tevfik Arif was the first to open hotels that were all inclusive in Turkey. Bayrock Group, New York City was established by him eight years after.

Tevfik Alif joined the Trump Organization during the Bayrock Group's move of its New York City headquarters, to the 24th floor of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. BayrockTevfik Arif It was the same building that was used by the Trump Organization. Discussions began about the Trump SoHo condo hotel. The Trump SoHo Skyscraper was created when two corporations came together to discuss a plan to develop a high-end real development. Tevfik Alif, Bayrock Group founder, recognized the strength of Trump's name and suggested that he use it to advertise the Sapir Organization.

Bayrock Group hired top designers and architects to construct this modern structure.

The partners agreed to grant the Trump Organization 18% ownership in exchange for the use of the Trump brand for the new building's name. Trump did not contribute to the construction. In 2017, The Dominick was established as a condo-hotel.

There are apartments and hotel rooms for rent.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/bayrock-group-llc Bayrock Group and Trump Organization had discussions about developing real estate in Florida or Arizona following the time that Trump SoHo was opened. Such structures were severely hampered by the 2008 real estate crisis. Bayrock Bayrock Group spent approximately $2.5B in US realty investments. It has not yet developed any new venture in the last few years.

Tevfik arif, after Trump's SoHo's success and the reshaping US marketplace, went back to Europe, Central Asia, and the place where his career started more than a decade earlier. Bayrock Group is still trusted by Tevfik Arif even after he retired.

Why Biden Should Keep an Eye on Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan could be a key actor in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Therefore, Kazakhstan has become an important strategic country for the United States. As peace is restored to the nation, Kassym Jomart Tokayev, the Kazakh president, has made significant changes to the power structure of governing elites, raising doubts and concerns. Tokayev was appointed Chairperson of the National Security Council. He succeeds the President Nursultan Nagayev, whose financial power enraged protesters.

https://www.atebits.com/independent-businessman-or-oligarch/ Three sons-in-law of the former president have been dismissed from state-owned companies, his nephew was also fired, and Karim Masimov who was the former chief of intelligence was arrested for being a treasoner. Many other Nazarbayev-affiliated top officials and business elite have lost their jobs, left overseas for extended vacations, or were forced to make large "donations" to the state.

Tokayev has built business relationships with West and neighboring countries. To keep his popularity, Tokayev been trying to avoid angering Putin. Kazykhanov may upset the balance. As war rages in Ukraine, Washington should carefully monitor developments in Kazakhstan that could signal a variety of possible scenarios of power transitions, both good and bad.


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