... notice is that, despite the decreasing likelihood of conflict in Central Asia, in the last two years Russia has been modernizing those facilities and equipping them with new Mi-8MTV-5-1 helicopters or drones [
vii
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While Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are members of all the organizations promoted by Russia, this is not true for the other two Central Asian countries. However, even though Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan do not have any Russian military facility on their soil, they still rely on Russia for their border security because of the Afghan issue. In 2017, following a twelve-year silence, the first bilateral exercise between Russia ...
... transit capacity also remains an open issue in the region.
In addition to the underdeveloped transport network, many parts of Central Asia suffer from an acute lack of other kinds of infrastructure, such as power and domestic gas supply. Systematic power supply restrictions are the norm in many areas of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and challenges related to grid access are among the most critical barriers to developing large-scale ...
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Kyrgyzstan: Bad Influence from Neighbours
Extremist groups traditionally threaten the southern part of Kyrgyzstan from neighbouring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. One reason is the country's weak law enforcement. The extremists are mostly members of the Uzbek diaspora, while ethnic ... ... of terrorist organisations maintained by the security services of key global states).
Federica Prandin:
The EU and Russia in Central Asia: Is There Any Room for Cooperation?
A new trend has emerged in recent years with Jihadist groups forced out from ...
The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report
Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...
... of cooperation. What is the essence of the new format? It has been since 2001 that the USA was deeply involved in the regional affairs in terms of anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan and the creation of Northern Distribution Network. The U.S. and Uzbekistan were in close cooperation on Afghan issue, Kyrgyzstan was hosting Manas Air Base that closed only in 2014, and Tajikistan hosted the Ainy facility. USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, is actively operating in Central Asia, and the U.S. is one of the major donors in Kyrgyzstan. The U.S. has been implementing the New Silk Road initiative since 2011 in the region, which implies the launch of CASA-1000 in order to sell electricity and electric power produced by ...
... official Daniel Rosenblum signaled a shift in the direction of American policy in Central Asia, reflecting some critical economic, political and security developments in the area. The June 9th speech comes after an unprecedented five-country tour of Central Asia-- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- by Secretary of State Kerry last November.
In the same address to the House Foreign Affairs Committee last year, Rosenblum detailed the usual multifold approach to Central Asia— the promotion of state sovereignty, security, economic ...
... Tajikistan celebrate Victory Day in a manner close to Russian both in content (military parade) and semantics (terminology, etc.). Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have renamed the celebration the Day of Remembrance and Mourning, while Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan adapted to the complicated international environment by shifting the military parades from May 9 to May 7 so that their ... ... in the Victory Parade in Moscow and demonstrate their readiness to cooperate with Russia.
In a nutshell, young communities in Central Asia are seeing their memory of the Great Patriotic War be refreshed through concerted efforts undertaken by the older ...
... greater capabilities operate. In some areas, Iran has become the most important partner, due to its territorial proximity, infrastructure, and technological capabilities.
Russia and Iran in the region: allies or rivals?
tourweek.ru / Yulia Beliaeva
Uzbekistan is particularly concerned by
the construction of the Sangtuda 2 Hydroelectric
Power Plant in Tajikistan, in which Iran is
involved.
Russia and Iran are both active in Central Asia, and have shared and competing interests. The presence of common threats draws the two countries together and prompts them to act in unison or take parallel courses.
This can be seen in counter-narcotics initiatives. Despite tough measures ...
... US interest in the region concerning the security issues. It seems that behind the scenes, analytical community agrees with Kuchera and turns its attention to Russia and China, waiting to see how the withdrawal of coalition leads the players of the Central Asian “Game” to change their behaviour and bid on different CA countries. United States - focusing on Uzbekistan, Russia - on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and China - on everyone, but the least of all on Kyrgyzstan. Since the beginning of 2013 CA countries started to declare the willingness of their major partners, mostly Russia and China, to make huge donations to the regions economies. Although ...
... attempts to overcome uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan and isolationism in Turkmenistan, the obvious dependence of credit institutions in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on administrative interference – these are part of the diverse set of characteristics that inevitably undermine ... ... capital and caution. Are there any opportunities being overlooked and are the market risks really that high?
Banking Risks in Central Asia
Central Asia is an emerging market, with micro-level certainty reduced by volatile market economies and national ...
