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“Up to date, there is no sense of a difference in the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic between the period of border closure by EAEU countries, prior to the accession, and in the period of the actual entry into EAEU. Practically, one can note that against the backdrop of international sanctions and falling oil prices, being part of EAEU is so far causing damage to the Kyrgyz Republic”, – Iskender Sharsheev, Executive Director of the Association of Foreign Investors, examines, specially for cabar.asia, the main outcomes of Kyrgyzstan’s presence in the EAEU for the last 10 months. (more…)
“If Dushanbe is able to come to another agreement with Iran, then this is the country, in our view, that would be able to invest in the Rogun HPP. Additionally, Iran will not consider Uzbekistan’s complaints, especially since Tajikistan already has the legitimate reasons and the World Bank’s favorable findings on Rogun’s construction,” – Tajik experts Hamidjon Arifov and Nurali Davlatov examine the perspectives and problems facing the resolution of hydroelectric issues in this cabar.asia exclusive.
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Quite often, most members of the media do not pay attention to the right of citizens, for the protection of the personal non-property rights, which treat — the right for the dignity of the personality, the right for honor and a reputation. (more…)
“Central Asian countries do not have a unified approach in coordinating a course of action towards the questions pertaining to the resolution of the Afghan conflict, or a quest for ways to counteract threats originating from Afghanistan. It is caused by the fact that the systems of apprehension of security risks and challenges coming from Afghanistan are different with countries of the region”, says in his article written for cabar.asia, Kosimsho Iskandarov, Head of the Conflict Resolution and Regional Research Center under the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan (Dushanbe). (more…)
“For Russia the preferred form of integration would include a formula for cooperation with China, in particular the EAEU for Central Asian states, where priority is given to the interests of the integration project and not bilateral agreements” – Nargiza Muratalieva dedicates this cabar.asia exclusive to analyzing the problem of competition between the EAEU and Chinese geostrategy in the context of Central Asia. (more…)
“For Russia the preferred form of integration would include a formula for cooperation with China, in particular the EAEU for Central Asian states, where priority is given to the interests of the integration project and not bilateral agreements” – Nargiza Muratalieva dedicates this cabar.asia exclusive to analyzing the problem of competition between the EAEU and Chinese geostrategy in the context of Central Asia.
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“If countries in the region used to view Afghanistan as a troublemaker of sorts, then lately the public and expert discourse has been focused on finding the weakest link in Central Asia itself. It is hard to be a good neighbor in a bad neighborhood”, – Anna Gusarova, an expert from the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS), analyzes the challenges and threats in the region in this cabar.asia exclusive. (more…)
“In the interests of the state’s anti-extremist activity transparency, it is necessary to establish a Public council to monitor the implementation of the State program on combating religious extremism and terrorism in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2013–2017,” – Andrey Chebotarev, political scientist, analyses the current situation of extremism and the main counter-extremism methods in Kazakhstan, exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)