Relationship dossier
Italy
Kazakhstan
Relationship assessment
A strategic partnership centered on energy cooperation and broader economic engagement
Italy toward Kazakhstan
+35Italy has pursued energy cooperation with Kazakhstan through Eni's participation in major oil and gas projects, including the Karachaganak and Kashagan fields. This commercial engagement forms a substantive element of Italian-Kazakh relations.
Kazakhstan toward Italy
+35Kazakhstan has maintained energy partnerships involving Italian company Eni in major oil and gas projects, including Karachaganak and Kashagan. Kazakhstan's strategic partnership with Italy also provides a framework for bilateral economic engagement.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines a formal strategic partnership with sustained energy-sector cooperation involving major projects in Kazakhstan. These durable ties support a cooperative overall assessment, although the breadth of implementation beyond energy is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Italy and Kazakhstan maintain a strategic partnership with substantial cooperation in energy, including Italian company Eni's participation in major Kazakh oil and gas projects. Bilateral engagement also includes economic and institutional cooperation. The relationship is notably cooperative, though the scale and implementation of broader government-to-government initiatives are less clear.
Key developments
Italy and Kazakhstan established a strategic partnership, providing a framework for bilateral cooperation.
Eni participated in the Karachaganak and Kashagan oil and gas projects in Kazakhstan, creating a substantial basis for bilateral energy cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond energy are unclear.
- The extent of current government coordination on economic and regional policy is uncertain.