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Ruslan Izimov: Role and place of Uzbekistan in the Central Asian policy of China

CABAR.asia 14.03.16

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…)

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IWPR Tajikistan: In the country declared war to religious attributes.

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…)

IWPR Tajikistan: Deportation as factor of strengthening of a criminal situation

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…)

Medet Tiulegenov: Kyrgyzstan in 2016 – Challenges and Forecasts

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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Fabio Indeo: Turkmenistan and Turkey: a profitable strategic partnership

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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Petr Svoik: Causes and expected results of the anti-crisis privatization in Kazakhstan

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…)

Farkhod Tolipov: A quarter of century on the 1/6th of land: uncompleted geopolitical project

CABAR.asia 02.02.16

Why don’t the integration associations of post-Soviet countries work? Can labor migration from Central Asia to Russia become a reintegration factor in the Commonwealth? How consistent is the idea of new Eurasianism? Political analyst Farkhod Tolipov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) discusses these questions.
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Adylbek Sharshenbaev: Kyrgyz public has little influence on the budget planning process in state agencies

CABAR.asia 01.02.16

“The findings say that Kyrgyzstan is still among the countries whose governments provide “limited” budget information and “limited” opportunities for public participation in the budget planning process”, noted Adylbek Sharshenbayev, Director of the Representative Office of the Transparency International in Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), in an article on the access of ordinary citizens to the discussion of budget, written exclusively for cabar.asia. (more…)