For most of Russia’s neighbours, the conflict between Moscow and Kiev opens up great opportunities
... ... developments in Ukraine. The balance of losses and gains for Georgia is not yet obvious.
Kazakhstan also plays the role of a hub for Russian business. Here, too, a significant... ... also inevitably affect economic growth.
Finally, two other neighbouring countries, Iran and North Korea, should be mentioned. Tehran has a unique window of opportunity...
... between Iran and the EAEU. On the one hand, there are objective limitations that will hardly be eliminated in the foreseeable future. For example, trade opportunities are limited by the fact that the oil sector remains the backbone of the economies of Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan. This is why the EAEU cannot offer Iran anything comparable to what China offers. Then, there is the special position that Russia occupies on the EAEU energy markets. Tehran can hardly expect to significantly increase its gas supplies to Armenia,...
... iron and steel, grain, and lead and lead goods into Vietnam.
Vietnam’s exports to Russia grew at an even faster pace: by 53.2 per cent in 2016; 17.8 per cent in 2017;... ..., coffee and tea, shoes, textile goods, and fruits and nuts. Vietnam’s exports to Kazakhstan grew six-fold in 2016 before falling by 13.6 per cent in 2017 and then growing... ... opportunities to realize his country’s economic potential.
Provisional Agreement with Iran
Andrey Kortunov:
One More Time on Greater Europe and Greater Eurasia
The second...
Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan met recently to sign the convention on the legal status of the resource-rich Caspian Sea, a document more than two decades in the making. Meeting in the Kazakh coastal town of Aktau in mid-August, the leaders of the ...
The Eurasian axis of Russian foreign policy has been given several impetuses over the last two years. The ... ... 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... ... Experts’ Debate:
“Membership in the EEU in Exchange for
Security”
Iran
Growing influence in the region may fall to Iran. While sanctions caused considerable...
... isolation and excessive bureaucracy. Thus, there is a
lack of an established Iranian banking system in Central Asia
(apart from Kazakhstan), which complicates servicing commercial operations.
Table 1.
Exports of Central Asian countries in 2010
Country
Exports volume, billion USD
Share of exports volume, %
EC
31,9
37,7
Russia
13,8
16,4
China
12,4
14,6
Iran
4,0
4,8
Turkey
2,7
3,1
Switzerland
1,7
2,0
USA
1,1
1,3
Source
: R. Mogilevsky. Trends and Patterns of Foreign Trade in Central ...
... become an important strategic objective for the USA and the West in their search for alternative, non-Russian, sources of energy resources, has become a serious problem in matters of cooperation in the Caspian region. This is why the idea of excluding Russia, Iran and Kazakhstan from the work of resolving these problems emerged. On 18 November 2010 President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenia officially announced Ashkhabad’s position at the summit of heads of Caspian states in Baku, stating that the underwater ...
... creating a mechanism for imposing a moratorium on catching sturgeon.
According to official statements, the negotiations only made headway on environmental issues (such as conserving the sturgeon population). In addition, the “Caspian Five” (Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan) reaffirmed the principle of Caspian states’ non-interference in regional affairs.
As far as I can gather, no progress has been achieved on the main problem, i.e. agreeing spheres of influence. And without ...
... of the armed forces
will remain hot topics in Baku.
During the past several years,
Kazakhstan's
key political issue has been the succession of power. It is its first president... ... growing
terrorist risks
. Furthermore, Astana will also have to resolve conflicts with Russia regarding
space matters
.
Photo: AFP
Second presidency of Mahmud Ahmadinejad... ... end, while he cannot stand for re-election
by law
2013 is going to be thorny for
Iran
, with the second presidency of Mahmud Ahmadinejad coming to end, while he cannot...
