By Bruce Pannier On November 26, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took the oath of office after being re-elected in Kazakhstan’s November 20 snap presidential election. Tokayev declared, “The large-scale reforms initiated by us have laid the foundation for fundamental changes.” Other Central Asian leaders have made similar remarks, but their authoritarian regimes have subsequently changed very little, if at all. Whether the Kazakh president is sincere or not will soon be seen, but his situation is different than the scenarios faced by other Central Asian leaders in that there is great pressure within the…