Analytics
In January 2023, foreign press analytical articles discussed Kazakhstan’s diplomacy, continuing attacks on the press in Kyrgyzstan, power shortages in Tajikistan, political shuffles in Turkmenistan, energy crisis in Uzbekistan, and other important topics in the region. (more…)
“Unpredictable water availability with more frequent and severe natural floods and droughts, a growing population and increasing water withdrawals outside the region mean that today’s actions are critical for a sustainable future,” notes Timur Idrisov, an environmental activist (Tajikistan), in an article for CABAR .asia. (more…)
The foreign press analytical publications of the last month of 2022 discussed Tokayev’s first weeks in his second term as the president of Kazakhstan, challenges for Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary system, crackdown on journalists and activists in Tajikistan, changes in Turkmenistan’s isolationist foreign policy, developments in regional integration by Uzbekistan, as well as annual reviews and take-aways by regional experts. (more…)
“Regarding the identity of the organization, it can be noted that the economic direction can act as a consensus for the Central Asian participants, and the values in the form of the “Shanghai spirit” have already occupied a solid niche in the narratives about the SCO,” noted political scientists Nargiza Muratalieva (Kyrgyzstan) and Symbat Abisheva (Kazakhstan) in an article specifically for CABAR.asia. (more…)
The November analytical articles in foreign press outlets discussed the results of presidential elections in Kazakhstan, tightened media freedom in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan’s drone factory in partnership with Iran, Turkmenistan’s economic and political developments, as well as Uzbekistan’s economic growth and priorities. (more…)
“In the case of TPNW strategic silence or a “wait and see” approach may only benefit the status quo, in which the complete nuclear disarmament under Article 6 of NPT might never be realized, or nuclear weapons be tamed illegal as every other WMD”, – writes participant of CABAR.asia’s School of analytics Doniyor Mutalov (Uzbekistan), exclusively for CABAR.asia. (more…)
What motivated the snap presidential elections in Kazakhstan? How did the recent military conflict affect social consolidation in Kyrgyzstan? What will happen to Tajikistani citizens who have been repatriated from Syria? Why is the importance of Uzbekistan for China growing? These and other questions on Central Asia have been discussed by foreign press articles in the past month. (more…)
“The border between the two countries is considered a paradise of solar and wind potential both for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Developing solar and wind parks and coupling them with green hydrogen facilities can create joint renewable energy communities, where collaboration among people can bring shared business models and generate revenue”, – writes analyst Dimitris Simeonidis, exclusively for CABAR.asia. (more…)
“For the national culture and language, such a mass migration of Russians may be a threat of re-Russification and further strengthening of Russia’s position in the region. Given the difficult historical past of countries that, through the fault of the Soviet government and imperial Russia, experienced famine, genocide, and repressions of the best citizens of the country, some of the indigenous people of Central Asia will be dissatisfied with the arrival of Russians,” Kanat Nogoibaev, an analyst from Kyrgyzstan, notes in an article, written specifically for CABAR.asia. (more…)
The SCO Summit in Samarkand, the military conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, another early presidential election in Kazakhstan, growing tensions of Russian invasion of Ukraine, relations with Iran and India – these are some of the topics from Central Asia that were on the foreign press agenda this September. (more…)