@article { , title = {Denuclearisation practices of Kazakhstan: Performing sovereign identity, preserving national security}, abstract = {In this article, I investigate the processes of the discursive construction of the identity of Kazakhstan as a sovereign and non-nuclear state, and show how the construction and performance of these identities are both productive and the product of Nuclear Weapons Technology (NWT) as a threat to the national security of Kazakhstan. I argue that both practices - the production of the state identity and the abolition of the ex-Soviet nuclear arsenal from the territory of Kazakhstan - are instrumental ways to secure the values of Kazakhstan, in this case the existence of Kazakhstan as a sovereign state. © 2010 British International Studies Association.}, doi = {10.1017/S0260210510001270}, eissn = {1469-9044}, issn = {0260-2105}, issue = {04}, journal = {Review of International Studies}, pages = {1537-1553}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/973395}, volume = {37}, keyword = {Formerly Health & Social Sciences}, year = {2011}, author = {Abzhaparova, Aida} }