... finally met “borders” as one of the parameters which define the State.
Today there is a big unresolved issue in the whole region - delimitation and demarcation is still unfinished. The only state that finished this process is Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan still has some arguable areas, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have a lot of borders section to discuss - mainly in Ferghana Valley. Additionally, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have one more complex problems concerning territories ...
... report prepared by RAS Institute for Oriental Studies.
To this end, of particular importance seems the meeting between RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Director Ivan Timofeyev with Bulat Sultanov, Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan and Viktor Temirbayev and Nurlan Al’kenov, officers of Kazakh Embassy to Moscow.
The parties have discussed bilateral relations, possible establishment of multilateral ...
... Perception
The debate about Moscow's interests in this complex, fast changing region often leave out another important issue, i.e. how the Kremlin's policies, and modern Russia as a whole, are perceived, not by political elites, but by the general public in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
It is critical to establish whether the perception of Russia in Central Asia is broadly similar across the entire region or country-specific.
For example, Kazakhstan, Russia's main strategic partner,...
A test of good-neighbourliness
The problem of sharing transboundary waters for China’s neighbouring countries comes to the fore. The Irtysh River, which connects three friendly countries – China, Kazakhstan and Russia – integrated by strategic cooperation, is the subject of negotiations at different levels now for the second decade. Although Russia and Kazakhstan have quickly come to a common understanding of how to jointly and efficiently manage ...
Why was the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty not signed?
In 2010 three members of the Eurasian Economic Community -- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – set up a Сustoms Union eliminating duties and most other restrictions in mutual trade. Since January 1, 2012 this group of states has created a common economic space – a single market with free movement of goods, services, capital,...
