Interviews / Kazakhstan
For more than a year now, CABAR.asia’s editorial team has been effectively using machine learning (ML) techniques in journalistic reporting. What are the advantages of these methods and why should media outlets and analysts use ML in their work? (more…)
Analytical platform CABAR.asia spoke with Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), about Central Asian countries in the light of confrontation between Russia and the West, the indirect impact of sanctions on the region, the role of China and the potential of the EAEU and the CSTO.
“Central Asia has a high potential for solar and wind energy and also for hydropower. Low population density, large territory, and a big number of sunny days per year make Central Asia unique for renewable energy development,” says Roman Vakulchuk, Senior Researcher and Head of Сenter for Energy Research at the Norwegian Institute of International Relations (NUPI).
Country sees a clampdown on independent media and civil society as a weakened president scrambles to entrench his grip on power. (more…)
“Everyone understands that a power struggle has taken place behind the scenes, and that the violence is connected to that power struggle”, – states Ivar Dale, Senior Policy Adviser at Norwegian Helsinki Committee in an interview with CABAR.asia analytical platform.
“After 30 years of independent life, we can say that there has not been strong energy security framework thought by the Central Asia states” – states Dr. Luca Anceschi, energy specialist, professor of Eurasian Studies at the University of Glasgow in an interview with CABAR.asia analytical platform.
In an interview with CABAR.asia analytical platform, a musician, finalist of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, and UNHCR Russia Goodwill Ambassador Manizha Sangin spoke about the problem of violence against female migrants in Russia, their insecurity, and her new Foundation’s plans to help them.
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“The internet is like the market square, a public space – people should be allowed to say their views, they should be able to voice non-violent criticism of politicians and the authorities without fear of being persecuted for doing so” – states Hugh Williamson, director of the Human Rights Watch Europe and Central Asia division in an interview to CABAR.asia analytical platform.
Alexander Cooley, professor of political science at Barnard College, director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, in an interview for CABAR.asia spoke about the evolution of foreign policy of Central Asian countries; the problems and challenges these countries will face in the near future and why the United States should not get involved in a new competition of great powers in the region.
The COP26 [26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties], which is scheduled to kick off on October 31 in Glasgow and will continue for two weeks, is important for Central Asian countries: they can build relationships with sponsors, and those organisations and countries that can help strengthen the region’s response to climate change, says Charles Edmund Garrett British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan in CABAR.asia analytical platform interview. (more…)