... Turkmenistan remains committed against the organization, sticking to its UN recognized “permanent neutrality”. This is unlikely to change in the future. Tajikistan is the sole remaining former Soviet republic being drawn into the orbit of the EEU. For Tajikistan, joining the EEU offers enormous benefits. Their primary concern is for thousands of Tajik migrant workers in Russia. Their remittances account for nearly one third of the country’s GDP. EEU membership promises that these workers will ...
... unification process hinging totally on Moscow and partially on Astana.
3. What kind of impact could establishing the EEU have on relations between Central Asian republics, other countries and international organizations?
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: On the one hand, by entering the EEU, Tajikistan may face some issues with its WTO membership. By joining the World Trade Organization in 2012, Tajikistan made a number of commitments that are at variance with principles set out for the Customs Union. Dushanbe may also face a tough strategic ...
... ethnic and elite conflicts. The official assessments of the destabilization in Ukraine were based on the historical memory of the turbulent 1990s and the political cataclysms in the mid-2000s. Analyzing the confrontation on the Maidan, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has repeatedly referred to the national experience of “
armed conflict, which led to the most devastating social, economic and humanitarian consequences for the country
”. The public debate in Kyrgyzstan, a country ...
