Search: EEU,Kazakhstan (11 materials)

 

Eurasian Economic Union: An uncertain future?

.... Eurasian Economic Commission. Объемы, темпы и пропорции развития взаимной торговли государств - членов ЕАЭС, январь – апрель 2016. Catherine Putz. “Russia and Kazakhstan’s Trade War” The Diplomat. April 30, 2015. “Kazakh official says EEU planned as political bloc” BNE IntelliNews. May 27, 2014. “Putin signs economic union deal with ex-Soviet states” BBC News. May 29th, 2014. [v] “Heads of the EAEU States at the SEEC session summarised and outlined the prospective ...

04.07.2016

Eurasian Integration: In Search of the Lost

... EEU and China’s Silk Road Economic Belt. AP /EPA / Maxim Shipenkov Ivan Timofeev, Elena Alekseenkova: Eurasia in Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Opportunities and Constraints Finally, various sources have announced a new direction for the EEU external economic cooperation: First Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and then Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin mentioned a possible EU–EEU forum this autumn to kick off the process of rapprochement between the two blocks. The visit by the President of the ...

07.06.2016

The Structure of Energy Politics in the South Caucasus: Grounds for Consolidation or Cooperation?

... pricing, and the security of demand. Currently the common energy policy of the EEU exists as a series of main principles that will lay the ground for coordinated work within a future common energy space. The principles shared by all the members of the EEU (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia), are aimed at building a common energy policy as well as a common energy space. The principles include: Regulating market pricing for energy resources; Ensuring the development of competition in the common markets of ...

03.06.2016

Security in Eurasia: Internal and External Threats

... fight against the ideology of radical Islam, infiltration of the Islamic State, banned in Russia, into Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan and Russia, as well as participation in armed hostilities of citizens of the above states on the side of the Islamic ... ... consideration was given to the analysis of the risks that could hamper successful implementation of integration projects, of the EEU in particular. In the RIAC report Elena Alekseenkova identified the key internal and external challenges to the region’s ...

03.03.2016

Eurasia in Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Opportunities and Constraints

... players to adapt to new and possibly unfavourable conditions. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin Belarusian Experts’ Polemics: the EEU Needs New Growth Drivers Economics is not the only bone of contention between China and the US: military affairs matter too.... ... 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 ...

16.12.2015

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

... has taken part in all integration projects, culminating in the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union on January 1, 2015. Although the Kazakh government has always taken a proactive stance on cooperation with its partners in the Customs Union and the EEU, Kazakhstan’s WTO accession marks a new and complex stage in EEU development. It is generally recognized that Kazakhstan's WTO accession is a big plus for the EEU and another step toward the latter’s consolidation as a full-fledged integration ...

24.08.2015

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

... Studies at the Kazakhstan First President Library – to ask them five questions and find out if the EEU may become attractive for other countries or generate more friction between current participants due to its unbalanced mechanisms. How does Kazakhstan view the EEU’s goals and objectives? Andrey Chebotaryov Andrey Chebotaryov : We are quite pragmatic about membership, anticipating economic and social dividends. Astana is interested in preferences for the export of energy to Russia and its transit to other ...

05.05.2015

The Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan: Before and After

... country. If events unfold in his favor, there is a probability that Massimov’s authority will only grow, especially considering the degree to which Nazarbayev trusts him. Flickr / Eric Lafforgue Kyrgyzstan Experts’ Polemic: “Kyrgyzstan and the EEU: Better In than Out” How important are the events in Kazakhstan to Russia? On the one hand, Nazarbayev’s continued presidency would serve as a positive factor. It was no accident that Vladimir Putin wished his colleague success in the upcoming elections. According to public opinion polls conducted ...

24.04.2015

Kyrgyzstan Experts’ Polemic: “Kyrgyzstan and the EEU: Better In than Out”

On January 1, 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – a union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – was officially launched. Armenia’s accession treaty came into force on January 2, 2015, while Kyrgyzstan is set to join the Union in May 2015. Tajikistan is taking an interest in the EEU as well. During a meeting between the Russian ...

22.04.2015
 

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