... the economic and political relations of Kyrgyzstan with the republics of Central Asia, which are not members of the Union. On the other hand, it is hoped that the EAEU, on the contrary, will contribute to the solution of many pressing issues that the Central Asian countries face.
Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the EEU does not put an end to its cooperation with the West and China.
The future of the EEU depends on political stability in each of the member-state of the Union, as well as on Russia's ability to take into consideration ...
... particularly vulnerable due to the presence of the Russian military contingent on their territory: the largest Russian military facilities abroad are the 201st Motor Rifle Division (base) deployed in Tajikistan (about 7500 people) and the Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan.
The position of the Russian language and of the minorities in the Central Asian republics is a separate aspect of the problem. Russian policy in the post-Soviet space, which after 2008 has increasingly promoted the issue of protecting compatriots “
wherever they may be
”, cannot but fuel phobias and speculation,...
On December 17, 2014, Bishkek was the venue of a working meeting for staffers and experts of RIAC and
Kyrgyz National Institute for Strategic Studies
on a future joint migration project.
Russia is hosting about 500,000 Kyrgyz immigrants with Russian citizenship and about the same number of Kyrgyz citizens, with quite a lot of migration issues on the agenda, among them the impact of Bishkek's presence in the Customs Union and Eurasian Economic Union, as well as and economic calamity in Russia.
Representatives...
Banking Risks in Central Asia
The widely discussed post-crisis settlement in the financial sector, the European sovereign debt situation and ... ... is attracting attention from all over. A relatively mature banking sector in Kazakhstan, attempts to overcome uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan and isolationism in Turkmenistan, the obvious dependence of credit institutions in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on administrative ...
... climate change, melting of glaciers, changing of temperatures in mountains and valleys, and growing population, it can lead Central Asia to a situation, when there is not enough water for people to drink. If regional leaders want to be prepared for the ... ... Kambarata-1 hydropower plant to provide guaranteed water supply to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/kyrgyzstan/2107051.html
[4] http://www.trend.az/regions/casia/kyrgyzstan/2119686.html
[5] http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1237885200
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... this enclaves to the mainland is vague and unsteady.
Discussion of borders problem dates back to Soviet delimitations of 1920-1930s. I’m using plural form of the word “delimitation” because there were several attempts to deal with Central Asian territorial divisions. The first idea was not to divide this territory into national republics, so in the beginning there were Kyrgyzstan ASSR and Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1924, based on the idea that class struggle should prevail over ethnic struggle, Tajik ASSR (now Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek SSR (now Uzbekistan), Kara-Kirghiz ...
This week Bishkek is up to changing it’s mayor, last week there were gossips about preparing a new revolution; protestants in Jalalabad are erecting tents on the central square of the city. What are the key reasons of Kyrgyzstan’s stable instability?
The question of “why Kyrgyzstan can not stabilize it’s political system?” is complex, but if you take a look at the Kyrgyzstan’s political system from outside, you can find three main problems ...
... “hydro investments.”
To avoid this scenario, we believe that the issue of hydropower plant construction in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ought to be addressed in a single package. A consortium should be set up to create this, including the four Central Asian states (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) and the four extra-regional players (Russia, China, the United States and the EU). The extra-regional players should compensate Uzbekistan for its losses in fresh water supply and also provide Tashkent with a guarantee that ...
