... itself has recently moved forward with the inauguration of the construction of the Akkuyu NPP near the city of Mersin, which is projected to be completed in 2023. Turkey can be a great financial supporter for nuclear energy and interconnectivity in Central Asia and between Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan in particular. This presents incentive for Tajikistan to get involved in cooperation with the Turkic council, albeit not being a Turkic state itself.
In both clean energy alternatives, China seems to hold the advantage of more modernized solutions, such as the MSRs for nuclear, as well as solar ...
... their internal stability, preventing the large-scale archaisation of societies and, as a result, destabilisation with subsequent transformation into many local centres of religious extremism.
In the 30 years since the collapse of the USSR, the states of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — have gone their own way and, in each case, pursued original path of independent development. Due to the fact that they initially did not have the prospect of mechanistic inclusion in an alternative jurisdiction,...
... interesting to 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
].
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,...
... 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 industrial production....
... country under control.
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,... ... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... other countries off from joining Russia within any structure. Despite participation in many integration unions, countries in Central Asia including Tajikistan prefer bilateral cooperation with the Kremlin.
5. The EEU is due to reach full force by 2025. What is your vision of the group in 10 years’ time?
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Kyrgyzstan Experts’ Polemic: “Kyrgyzstan and
the EEU: Better In than Out”
SO
: The EEU’s viability for ...
... 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 ...
... line with this logic, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan feel particularly vulnerable due to the presence of the Russian military contingent on their territory: the largest Russian military facilities abroad are the 201st Motor Rifle Division (base) deployed in Tajikistan (about 7500 people) and the Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan.
The position of the Russian language and of the minorities in the Central Asian republics is a separate aspect of the problem. Russian policy in the post-Soviet space, which after 2008 has increasingly promoted the issue of protecting compatriots “
wherever they may be
”, cannot but fuel phobias and speculation,...
