... protection of human rights. Also, the European Endowment for Democracy is stepping up its activity in the region. The EU intends to link “pragmatically” the issues of economic assistance and humanitarian cooperation with the political changes in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. According to European experts, the
Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Kazakhstan
signed on December 21, 2015, also serves the aim to support democratic transition in Kazakhstan and promotes significant ...
... in the area of migration during this period with RIAC editing team.
In your opinion, how has the EAEU establishment benefitted countries benefitted the migrants from the Union’s countries? Has their position changed for the better?
Migrants from Kyrgyzstan were among the first to feel positive changes: now they do not have to obtain patents allowing to work in Russia. I recently conducted a survey, and half of the respondents noted that finding a job became easier – the employers are more willing ...
... 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 ...
... their model of economic development), four larger socio-political factors equally need to be taken into careful consideration when assessing the potential of the EEU. What are they and what direct or indirect impact do they have?
On 12 August 2015, Kyrgyzstan, along with Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, became a full-fledged member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the latest economic integration project designed to create a common economic space through free movement of goods, services,...
... interregional political coalitions supported by individual patrons, clans and communities striving to tighten their grip on national resources.
The new arrangement is far from balanced but is the only one possible within the existing political culture of Kyrgyzstan. The question is whether the de jure parliamentary system, which is de facto held together by the president and on brink of chaos, will remain intact after the 2017 presidential election despite the snowballing economic crisis.
The contest ...
As Eurasian integration intensifies, Kyrgyzstan, which has only recently joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and is now a bridge on the way to the next prospective participant Tajikistan, draws special attention. Numerous disputes on the appropriateness of the chosen path are underway ...
The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan (thus covering 85 per cent of the former Soviet Union) has proved to be a major global geopolitical event, outlining a road map for the future of the Eurasian Economic Space. The EAEU represents a common market with a combined GDP of more than ...
... Berdakov, Political Scientist, Bishkek
As reported on the Kyrgyz government website, Prime Minister Temir Sariyev has signed the executive order on the termination of the Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance of 1993 between Kyrgyzstan and United States, with the decree coming into force on August 20, 2015.
Both domestic and international observers were startled by the decision, as it was only on July 13 that ethnic Uzbek Azimjan Askarov received the State Department Award ...
... comes from remittances sent by Tajiks working in Russia. According to the Russian Central Bank, last year cash transfers
exceeded USD 3.831 billion
.
Tajikistan is also interested in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), especially after its neighbor Kyrgyzstan jumped on the bandwagon. Dushanbe is heatedly debating the virtues of membership, although the government, pundits and businesses still differ. To get a more detailed view of their expectations and concerns, we met leading Tajik experts – ...
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. Veterans are scarce in Central Asia because many are Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, etc., and after the USSR collapsed they moved to Russia, Ukraine, Israel and other countries
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World War Two veteran, Leninskoe, Kyrgyzstan
As a result, today’s young society in Central Asia largely rejects Soviet ideological models, methods and practices, many of which are war-related. People under 30 are essentially ignorant because they grew up and studied in the post-Soviet ...
