Tokayev’s policies will focus on Russia, China and the West
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan. He was supported by 81.31% of voters in the snap election on November 20. Thus, Tokayev confirmed his legitimacy and the citizens of the republic opted for New Kazakhstan, the program proposed by the head of state. The election was calm, despite warnings from the National Security Committee...
US Strategy of Carrot and Stick in Central Asia
The USA revised its strategy in respect of the countries of Great Central Asia, which, in addition to the former Soviet Union republics, comprise Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Caucasus states – Georgia and Azerbaijan. The USA since recently has included Iran and...
EAEU Currency Union and De-dollarization
A currency union has become the logical conclusion of establishing a single integrated union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU. It will move the Eurasian economy to a new level. The single currency, that will possibly be...
The USA looking to come back to Kyrgyzstan
The treaty on the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU was signed at the end of December 2014. The country will become a full participating member of the EAEU in May 2015. As the transition to a new level of integration approaches the opposing views...
Putin's Asian Blitz: Uzbekistan and India are Visited
While the world is increasingly polarized due to the recent West-Russia standoff, Russia seeks to establish a good footing with its traditional partners, while increasing cooperation with new ones, all while attempting to cancel out the hostile...
American Fight Against Terrorism has Obvious Anti-Russian Undertones
A few days ago, Brussels served notice that NATO refuses to cooperate with Russia on Afghanistan. Furthermore, the alliance is shunting aside any opportunity to return to the level of cooperation with Russia that it had before. The causes are...
Anti-Russian Western Sanctions and the Countries of Central Asia
The short-term forecast prepared recently by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD in favor of the recent policy of Western countries to limit the economic and political influence of Russia in the world states that the anti-Russian...
ISIL Has Come to the Caucasus
The Ministry of National Security (MNS of Azerbaijan announced the detention of 26 citizens of the country who took an active part in the fighting in Syria and Iraq on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS terrorist group. They are accused of creating and...
Uzbekistan and its future
Uzbek President Islam Karimov is dead-set on smashing any stirrings of revolution and protecting the country from both foreign and domestic enemies. In his speech marking the country’s 23rd anniversary of independence, the President drew particular attention to the prevention...
Washington and the destabilization of the situation in Central Asia
The conflict between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, due to the Rogun Hydroelectric dam currently being constructed, is becoming more threatening and may soon reach a “breaking point”. The region may explode based on the verdict of the World Bank (WB, which...
American military presence in Central Asia after 2014
There are negotiations on-going between Washington and Tashkent on the use of Uzbek territory for U.S. military facilities. Americans are considering doing so because of the loss of the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan. There are alternatively discussed airports such as...
The American Presence in Kyrgyzstan
At the beginning of June in Kyrgyzstan there was an official ceremony to mark the closing of the American military airbase where served as a major transportation point through which coalition forces in Afghanistan were supplied. The last American servicemen...