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“Today a wall of distrust several years thick has formed between political elites and the electorate. It is difficult to break through this wall. Political platforms, ideas and thoughts no longer reach or are perceived by the voters.” – These are the most important tendencies in the dynamics of local elections according to the material written by Political Scientist Asel Doolotkeldieva, exclusively for cabar.asia.
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“The paradox of relations between upstream and downstream countries is that the most reliable way to obtain guarantees that upstream Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will not block the flow of water to downstream countries is to buy the electricity that they produce. Kazakhstan often avails itself of this approach and there is no reason Uzbekistan should not do the same. But for that to happen the Uzbek authorities should reconsider their isolationist stance towards relationships with neighbors,” writes senior researcher at the Eurasian Research Institute, Farhod Aminzhonov, exclusively for cabar.asia.
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As practice has shown, if Uzbekistan is moving closer to the US, it automatically moves away from Russia and vice versa. That, at least, has been the case in recent times whenever Tashkent has begun active cooperation with the United States. Currently, we are witnessing yet another phase of fairly close cooperation between Tashkent and Washington,” – Kazakh expert Ruslan Izimov writes in an article exclusively for cabar.asia.
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“If the electro-sector of Kyrgyzstan is not able to resolve the problems occurred, it will lead to repeating electricity shortages in the country by 2017-2018, growth of social tensions, and up to another unconstitutional change of government, whereas the energy sector management personnel will be fully replaced”, – possible risks and challenges in the energy sector of Kyrgyzstan, are discussed by economist, deputy director of the “Smart Business Solutions Central Asia” Marat Musuraliev, exclusively for cabar.asia.
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“The election campaign of the deputies of the lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament – deputies of Majlis and the local representative bodies – Maslikhats, ended with an obvious and predictable result. Despite the official rhetoric about “importance and fatefulness” of the elections, the passed election campaign could be called as “technical measures” with evident outcomes.” The results of the 2016 elections in Kazakhstan, exclusively for cabar.asia, analyzed by political scientist, Anton Morozov.
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“The hydro-energy complex of Central Asia holds considerable potential, but the uneven distribution of water resources (85 % in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) and the inability of political elites in the respective countries to negotiate, prohibits them both from harnessing it fully, and from solving their energy deficits by alternative means,” writes Sergei Domnin, editor-in-chief of the journal Expert Kazakhstan in an article on regional energy issues written exclusively for cabar.asia
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“In Kazakhstan’s economic policy a special emphasis is being made on maximizing the country’s existing potential for transit and transport in order to form a major business and logistics hub linking the markets of Europe and China. In this sense, capital-intensive infrastructure projects both within the country and abroad are expected to see rapid growth in the coming years,” independent analyst Evgenny Hon writes in an article on the country’s anti-crisis policies exclusively for cabar.asia.
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“In Kazakhstan’s economic policy a special emphasis is being made on maximizing the country’s existing potential for transit and transport in order to form a major business and logistics hub linking the markets of Europe and China. In this sense, capital-intensive infrastructure projects both within the country and abroad are expected to see rapid growth in the coming years,” independent analyst Evgenny Hon writes in an article on the country’s anti-crisis policies exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)
“The fact that information policy is necessary for development of any state is indisputable. It is important to not only formulate and determine the direction, aims and objectives of information policy, but also, constantly work on its implementation “- issues in kyrgyz information policy sphere, are explained by political analyst Nargiza Muratalieva, exclusively for cabar.asia
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“The TAPI project can also be uneffective, since Turkmenistan is building its part until the border with Afghanistan and waits for the conflict and issues to stop in the next country. Of course, it is good to be optimistic, but the Taliban issue cannot be resolved in a short period, unless and constructive dialogue will be built. At the moment, the budgeting and financing of the project is still under doubts”, – the benefits and risks in the implementation of TAPI project explains political analyst Iskandar Qonunov, exclusively for cabar.asia
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