... time, Astana needs the EEU as a counterweight to Beijing’s growing economic clout in the region.
Foreign partners will not bully Kazakhstan because of its EEU membership, lest they lose leverage over Astana and thus strengthen its tilt toward Russia.
The economic crisis-generated troubles in EEU countries are pushing Kazakhstan to search for profit-oriented solutions, i.e. improving competitiveness of its products, as well as closer cooperation with its Central Asian neighbors and other partners in order to boost the economic recovery.
The EEU may further regional cooperation and bring the regional states closer in solving outstanding problems.
The EEU’s failure would discredit any future attempt ...
... other international organizations will not change much due to the accession of certain Central Asian republics to the EAEU. Perhaps, this relationship may become less intense... ... possible too, meaning that such cooperation, on the contrary, may well be enhanced. Kazakhstan's accession to the WTO may contribute to this. It is of primary importance... ... Muratalieva
, expert at the Institute of
Strategic Analysis and Forecasting at the
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Zamira Muratalieva
:
The accession of Kyrgyzstan to the EEU has already adversely reflected the county’s relations with the US and the...
... depending on their location and domestic conditions, but, obviously, the crisis will have a significant impact on the perception of Russia’s role in its nearest neighborhood. In this regard, it is important to understand the effects produced by the Ukrainian crisis on the Central Asian states, which are considered not only as an integral sphere of Russian influence, but also as the main platform ... ... cannot but fuel phobias and speculation, especially in countries where Russian-speaking minorities live in compact settlements. Kazakhstan offers the most vivid example of the latter, as the share of the Slavic population in its northern regions of Akmola,...
