Analytics
“Close cooperation within the framework of the OTS will enable the countries of the Central Asian region to have alternative platforms, partial balancing of the influence of Russia and China with the help of Turkey,” political scientists Gulnor Dzhumaeva and Abbos Bobokhonov note in an article specifically for CABAR.asia. (more…)
“Uzbekistan has come a long way towards reducing informal employment over the past five years. However, the policy in this area can be further improved if informality in the labour market is finally clearly defined and the protection of all informal workers is put at the centre,” notes Binazir Yusupova – a participant of the CABAR.asia School of Analytics, in an article for CABAR.asia. (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…)
“In the absence of an effective representative government that can defend the interests of the citizens of Uzbekistan both at the local and national levels, the draft “initiative budget” clearly demonstrated the attractiveness of the direct democracy mechanism as a partial alternative to representative democracy,” notes a participant in the CABAR.asia School of Analytics Akrom Avezov (Uzbekistan). (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…)
“Central Asia is at the interface of the interests of major geopolitical players who are trying to influence the development trend in the region. The “Central Asian Five” needs to develop effective steps to confront any external actors to consider their interests,” Fazliddin Jamalov (Uzbekistan), a graduate of the CABAR.asia School of Analytics, notes in an article, written specifically 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…)
“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…)
“Since there seemed an informal regional consensus this time to engage the Taliban 2.0, India similarly reoriented its policy towards Taliban ruled Afghanistan from estrangement to cautious engagement”, – writes Raj Kumar Sharma, Maharishi Kanad Post-Doc Fellow, Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, (University of Delhi, India), exclusively for CABAR.asia.