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The 4th International Meeting of Intellectuals in Kazakhstan

On March 27-28, 2016 Almaty hosted the 4 th International Meeting of Intellectuals in Kazakhstan. The meeting was organized by the Institute of World Economics and Policies under the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation, the International Institute for the Development of Scientific ...

30.03.2016

Security in Eurasia: Internal and External Threats

... Alekseenkova took part in the International Conference “ Topical Security Issues in Eurasia: Challenges and Solutions ,” which was organized in Astana by the Russian-Kazakh Expert IQ-Club at the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation. The participants of the conference held a broad discussion on traditional and specific security challenges in the region, covering problems of terrorism and withdrawing cross-border threats from the conflict zone ...

03.03.2016

Eurasia in Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Opportunities and Constraints

... threat”, Washington has not discounted the possibility that China might [also] present a challenge. In this regard, the partnership between China and Russia is of prime importance in the military sphere, and the Silk Road in the economic sphere. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is also facing challenges to its future development. The country has succeeded so far in creating stable state institutions and is following a consistent policy of modernizing and updating the economy, although efficient state management ...

16.12.2015

Astana Club Opened

On November 9-11, 2015, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev was in Astana at the first session of the Astana Club created for discussion of key Eurasian problems and trends by international analysts. The new platform partners with the Russian International Affairs Council, German Council on Foreign Relations , China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . The event was attended by prominent experts from Russia, the United States, Europe...

11.11.2015

Commonwealth of Independent States: New Wine into Old Wineskins?

The meeting of CIS heads of state held in Kazakhstan on 16 October 2015 drew attention with its multilateral format, which has long been the subject of the phrase “either good or nothing.” In both Russia and other post-Soviet states, the Commonwealth is viewed as an instrument for ...

21.10.2015

Kazakhstan’s Rocky Road to the WTO

On July 27, 2015 President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo signed a Protocol on Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Technically, the negotiations were completed on June 10, and an Accession Package detailing Kazakhstan’s ...

24.08.2015

Central Asian Cities: Between Demography and Politics

... 1,50 Bishkek 0,62 0,76 0,84 0,92 * 1,20 Dushanbe 0,59 0,58 ** 0,73 ** 0,78 * 1,00 Ashgabat 0,40 0,60 *** 0,85 * 0,95 * 1,30 * current statistics ** 2000 and 2010 data respectively *** 1995 data Source : USSR-wide census of 1989, national censuses of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as current statistics. The forecast is based on average growth rates of populations in Central Asian cities 2009-2014. Central Asia’s major cities will continue to expand in the medium ...

11.08.2015

Sergey Plekhanov Presents his Book A Non-Silk Way

On May 20, 2016, Russian MFA Mansion hosted the presentation A Non-Silk Way, a book on Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev by Sergey Plekhanov, Chairman of Foreign Relations Commission at Moscow Department of Russian Union of Writers. The foreword was authored by RIAC President Igor Ivanov. The audience was addressed by Russian Foreign ...

22.05.2015

Overcoming Forgetfulness: How Central Asian Societies and Elites Perceive the Great Patriotic War

... Baltic states, Central Asia was not a theater of war. Second, perceptions of the Great Patriotic War in Central Asia are prominently affected by the population’s youthfulness. The average median age there ranges from 21 in Tajikistan to 29 in Kazakhstan [1] . Over half of all Central Asians are under 30 years of age, while in Tajikistan youths constitute two thirds of the population. The generation of victory grandchildren , i.e. children under 15 years of age, ranges from 25 percent in ...

12.05.2015

Kazakh Experts on the Eurasian Economic Union: Aligned Competition or Aligned Stagnation?

As a result of Russia's economic crisis, currencies in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) keep fluctuating, impacting both Kazakhstan and Belarus. Things have been so ghastly that in late 2014, Kazakh businesses asked their government to temporarily restrict trading with Russia because the tense soared against the ruble, making Russian goods in Kazakhstan too cheap. Finally,...

05.05.2015
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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