BRICS+ Series: Kazakhstan’s Driverless Transport Vision

BRICS+ Series: Kazakhstan’s Driverless Transport Vision

Kazakhstan’s announcement that it plans to roll out driverless freight lorries on international routes by 2027 should be read not merely as a transport innovation, but as a strategic pivot in Eurasian logistics, regional integration, and the technological agency of the Global South. As articulated by Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev, the initiative, to be developed jointly with Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) partners, is aimed a