Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: Implementation Issues
The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project was first initiated by Iran in mid-1990s in order to transport the Iranian gas through Pakistan to India. However, the idea itself was first proposed in the late 1950s in a scientific article published by the Military College of Engineering, Pakistan. The idea came […]
Climate Change in Kazakhstan: Consequences and Solutions
For quite a long time, issues related to climate change and its consequences have not received due attention in Kazakhstan, and virtually no fundamental scientific research on the current situation and possible scenarios of its development has been conducted. Although Kazakhstan ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in […]
Asian Infrastructure Investments Bank’s Central Asian Projects
For many years, Chinese leaders have argued that the international financial institutions have failed to recognize China’s elevated stature in the global economy. [1] While recent reforms have boosted China’s contributions and voting shares, China remains under-represented with respect to its weight in the global economy. [2] Since beginning market-oriented […]
Practical Aspects of Environmental Education
The problems of environmental protection are facing mankind with extraordinary urgency, acquiring not only a global scale but also very specific local dimensions. Thus, over the past few weeks, the active part of the population of Almaty has been participating in the discussion of an extremely sensitive problem for the […]
India’s Interest in Central Asia: New Trends
In recent years, India’s relations with the Central Asian states that date back to antiquity have acquired strategic significance. At present, Delhi considers Central Asia as an “extended neighborhood” and promotes its interests in the region based on deep cultural and promising commercial linkages. Relying upon the Soviet-time strategic arrangement, […]
Kazakhstan-Russian Relations: Risk Factors
On November 9, 2018, the northern Kazakh city of Petropavlovsk hosted the 15th forum of interregional cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia. The presidents of both countries, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin, took part in the forum, as well as more than 250 Russian delegates, including the regional governors and the heads […]
Rogun Hydropower Plant in Action: The First Unit is Commissioned
With Tajik President Rahmon’s words “Rogun will be the pride of every citizen of our country now and in the future, it will be the source of patriotism and dedication, as well as warm feelings and honor of the Tajik nation!”, the solemn ceremony of launching the first power generation […]
Kazakhstan and China: The Issue of Transboundary Rivers
During the June 2017 visit of Chinese Pres-ident Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan and his reciprocal June 2018 visit to China, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev stated that there were no unresolved issues be-tween the two countries. Indeed, at the declaratory level, bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and China has developed on […]
Asya Avrupa No: 34
Kıymetli okuyucularımız, Asya Avrupa’nın 34. Sayısı ile karşınızda olmanın mutluluğunu yaşıyoruz. Bu sayımızda her zaman olduğu gibi önemli haber ve analizleri derledik. Ayrıca, elinizdeki sayımızda, Azerbaycan Devlet İktisat Üniversitesi Rektörü’nün Müşaviri, İktisat Fakültesi Öğretim Üyesi Doç. Dr. Elşen Bağırzade ile gerçekleştirdiğimiz mülakatı ve Orta Asya ülkelerinin havalimanı altyapısını gösteren bir […]
Open Access for Research Publications: Challenges and Prospects
In the present-day academic community, publications are a means of communication in the research environment, as well as between scientists and those consumers who are interested in the results of their research. At the same time, by publishing results of their research, authors accomplish both high goals of advancing scientific […]