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Latest Articles about Central Asia
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Kazakhstan Will Host Iran Nuclear Talks
Iran has accepted Kazakhstan’s offer to host the next round of its nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 group (all five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany) (Trend, February 4). Citing a desire to reduce regional tensions and avert an escalation of the nuclear... MORE
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Russia Eyes Stronger Economic Engagement with Central Asia
Russian authorities reiterated, on January 22, pledges of increased economic engagement with Central Asia. The foreign ministry advocated plans to develop economic and trade ties with the region, while other officials urged the creation of a Russian state corporation that would encourage economic development there... MORE
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IMU Crackdown Reveals Regional Dynamics in Tajikistan’s Ferghana Valley
In January, security forces in Tajikistan arrested several suspected members of The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd province (BBC Tajiki, January 28). On January 14, police in Konibodom district pulled over a vehicle for a routine traffic stop. But the driver... MORE
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President Nazarbayev Announces a String of Optimization Measures to Tackle Social and Economic Issues
Just two weeks into 2013, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced the reorganization of the country’s government. On January 16, he ordered the establishment of a new ministry in charge of regional development whose head, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, had previously led the day-to-day activities of the ruling... MORE
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Kyrgyzstan Leverages Geo-Economics and Geopolitics to Expand Its Economy
“Money loves quiet,” Kyrgyzstan’s President Almaz Atambayev once stated, stressing the need for a better investment climate amid occasional instability plaguing the aspiring democracy, which boasts Central Asia’s first parliamentary system of government (www.members.vb.kg, February 18, 2011).Atambayev, who gained a six-year term in 2011 in... MORE
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Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Output Rises Slightly in 2012
On January 28, 2013, Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas Ministry announced the country had exported 68.62 million tons of crude oil and condensed natural gas in 2012, a 3.3-percent rise over the 2011 figure. In 2013, Kazakhstan plans to produce 82 million tons of crude oil... MORE
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The Bumpy Path to Sino-Mongolian Cooperation in the Mining Sector
The kabuki-style dance of trade partners Mongolia and China began again in earnest when on January 15 the third meeting of the Mongolia-China Cooperation Commission on Mineral Resources and Energy met in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia’s Minister of Mining Davaajav Gankhuyag led the Mongolian side and Deputy... MORE
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Russia Threatens to Suspend Space Cooperation with Kazakhstan over Baikonur Dispute
Hours before Kazakhstan’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov started his first official visit to the Russian Federation, one of Russia’s daily newspapers reported that the country’s foreign ministry had addressed a diplomatic note to its Kazakhstani counterpart with regard to the issue of the... MORE
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Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Heighten Tensions in Violent Local Border Dispute
Already unstable relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan worsened this week. Violence had erupted in early January 2013 in the Uzbekistani enclave of Sokh located inside Kyrgyzstan that resulted in property damage and hostages being taking. Since January 7, Bishkek continues to block access to Uzbekistan’s... MORE
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Australia Finds a Way to Raise Its Economic and Political Profile in Mongolia
While Western financial blogs in 2012 decried the rise of Mongolian resource nationalism as well as continuing corruption in Mongolia’s mining sector, Australia, cautiously yet successfully, has maneuvered through the same environment to significantly increase its investment and political footprint. Mongolia’s superhot mining boom cooled... MORE