Central Asia
Pakistan and the -Stans
From the
coasts of Caspian Sea to the rouged lands touching Afghanistan, there lies a
belt of resource opulent countries, the Central Asian States. Comprising of
five...
EAEU at 5: A long way to full integration?
The year 2019 will the mark the five-year anniversary of the Treaty on
the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and 25 years since the idea of...
Economic integration: A driving force for sustainable development
Leading thinkers from the world over gather at the Astana Economic Forum
this week. Their focus is on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development,...
How Will Uzbekistan Become A Regional Transit Hub?
On 5th April of 2019, a meeting
of the railway authorities of Kazakhstan, China, Iran, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan took place in Almaty dedicated to advancing cargo...
The Track to Prosperity
The world
is rebalancing and one of the key gears of this shift is that the tide has
turned towards eastern hemisphere. The world is being...
Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The massive Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways,
seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian
continent. The BRI...
Kazakh police raid raises spectre of China’s long arm
A police raid on a
Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s north-western
province of Xinjiang is...
Walking a Chinese tightrope: Kazakh quiet diplomacy produces limited results
The Kazakh government, in defense of Kazakh and by
implication Central Asian behind-closed-doors diplomacy towards China in the
face of mounting domestic pressure, has offered a...
Transformation of Uzbekistan: How smooth transition in elite class is reshaping the country
Within the nations of the former USSR, serious transformations are accompanied by distress – active power struggles, revolutions, and outbreaks of separatism. However, today,...
Uzbekistan and India Cooperation in the Sphere of Law and Justice
“Cultivate the moral self, then regulate the family, rule the country rightly and make the world stay in harmony.” - Li Ji (The Book...