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CABAR.asia 22.03.16

“After coming to power of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the international community had high hopes about the new president of Turkmenistan, including the hopes for democratization, improved human rights situation in the country, economic cooperation and openness. A number of decrees and actions taken by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the beginning of his reign, in fact, were aimed at eliminating errors and experimentation of the past. However, it soon became clear that these hopes were unfounded”, – political scientist, coordinator of Research and Training of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Svetlana Dzardanova discusses the results of the reform made by the Turkmen President exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)

CABAR.asia 14.03.16

“It is very difficult to explain to Western diplomats why … the official press is full of materials, where the West is charged with intentions of undermining the country’s stability. It is especially strange when the National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan is negotiating with the IMF and other Western donors to allocate multimillion-dollar loans and grants for the protection of their economic (and hence political) stability “, -. political analyst Parviz Mullodjanov discusses paradoxical tendencies in the political situation in Tajikistan in article written exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)

If vital transport arteries linking Beijing with its strategic partners in the Gulf and Europe pass through Central Asia, particularly through the territory of Uzbekistan, China itself will be interested in the stability of this region. This means that Beijing will not destabilize the situation in the region, moreover, it will allocate funds for keeping stability in the event of a regional force majeure, – an analyst from cabar.asia discusses the role of Uzbekistan in China’s geo-strategy. (more…)

CABAR.asia 02.03.16

Which clothes the Tajik woman has to wear? European, Tajik or Muslim — this issue is resolved at the highest level. In the country declared war to religious attributes.  (more…)

CABAR.asia 29.02.16

   The deported labor migrants create the soil for strengthening a criminal situation in the country. Because of unemployment, young citizens forced to adjoin criminal groups. (more…)

CABAR.asia 26.02.16
“Active participation of citizens, many of whom are no longer ordinary spectators but become co-participants in the entire process, is gradually getting more visible. In 2016, an appeal to the citizens will be enhanced, and the chance to become full-fledged citizens will depend on the transition from being an object to being a subject in this process”, said Medet Tiulegenov, head of the department “International and Comparative Politics”, AUCA (Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek), in an article written for cabar.asia.
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CABAR.asia 25.02.16

In his article for CABAR leading Central Asian geopolitics expert Fabio Indeo analysed the dynamics of Turkmen-Turkish economic relations, the geopolitical significance of bilateral infrastructure projects, as well as the diplomacy behind the revival of the Trans Caspian energy project.

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CABAR.asia 22.02.16
“The government of Kazakhstan is constantly facing the problem of choosing the main directions of the administrative effort: either to rely on a self-regulating power of the market, or to strengthen the planning and administrative aspect in the economy. This duality has always been present, and both directions always lost…” – political analyst Petr Svoik (Kazakhstan, Almaty) analyzes the privatization issue and tries to answer the eternal question of “what to do?” in an article written exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)