... required demand and new projects are entirely dependent on foreign companies in terms of technology.
In the last 15 years, the Central Asian economies have been growing faster than those of many of their neighbours, such as the EU, Russia, Iran and Turkey.... ... a significant fall in the share of agriculture. Yet the region’s economies are still dependent either on mineral exports (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) or on workforce exports (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan).
Considering the small middle class – its absolute size is difficult to ascertain, but it
includes
about 30 per ...
The biggest threat to Central Asia’s security is the overflow of terrorist activity ... ... terrorist organisation banned in Russia) also operate in the region.
Kazakhstan: Effective Peacekeeping Measures
Alexander Yermakov:
... ... Prisons have become breeding grounds for Islamic extremism (as in Kyrgyzstan and some Russian regions). All prisons in Kazakhstan ... ... convicted of extremist crimes from January to April 2018 alone.
Turkmenistan
In early October 2018, a Financial Monitoring Service ...
The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report
Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...
... official Daniel Rosenblum signaled a shift in the direction of American policy in Central Asia, reflecting some critical economic, political and security developments in the area. The June 9th speech comes after an unprecedented five-country tour of Central Asia-- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- by Secretary of State Kerry last November.
In the same address to the House Foreign Affairs Committee last year, Rosenblum detailed the usual multifold approach to Central Asia— the promotion of state sovereignty,...
... films, documentaries and TV series in Central Asian languages. To this end, the attitudes of local authorities and the focus on Central Asians participating in action seem key. Otherwise, the Great Patriotic War will fast become for them as unknown as conflicts ... ... 176-197, London, 2014.
3
. Ibid.
4
. Calculated by the author using data from the Ministry for Health and Social Protection of Kazakhstan, the Ministry for Labor and Social Protection of Turkmenistan, the Ministry for Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan, and the Ministry for Social Development of Kyrgyzstan.
5
. Data of Ministry for Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation // URL:
http://www.rosmintrud.ru/social/vetaran-defence/25
...
... understand the effects produced by the Ukrainian crisis on the Central Asian states, which are considered not only as an integral ... ... humanitarian consequences for the country
”. The public debate in Kyrgyzstan, a country that had survived two coups in 2005 and 2010,... ... where Russian-speaking minorities live in compact settlements. Kazakhstan offers the most vivid example of the latter, as the ... ... developments. The opposite ends of the spectrum are represented by Turkmenistan, which has not emphasized its attitude to what was ...
Banking Risks in Central Asia
The widely discussed post-crisis settlement in the financial sector, the European sovereign debt situation and ... ... financial issues, while the new Grand Game in Asia 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 interference – ...
... Soviet period the idea of “administrative” borders emerged in the region, but only after facing the independence Central Asian countries finally met “borders” as one of the parameters which define the State.
Today there is a big unresolved issue in the whole region - delimitation and demarcation is still unfinished. The only state that finished this process is Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan still has some arguable areas, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have a lot of borders section to discuss - mainly in Ferghana Valley. Additionally, Kyrgyzstan,...
