Deze benadering kwam al snel na de onafhankelijkheid van Kazachstan in 1991 naar voren, toen het land de Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia initieerde, gemodelleerd naar de Conferentie over Veiligheid en Samenwerking in Europa (nu de OVSE).
This approach emerged soon after Kazakhstan’s independence in 1991, when the country initiated the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, modeled after the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (now the OSCE).