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Will Uzbekistan Outpace Kazakhstan in NPP Construction?
On October 19, 2018, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin officially launched the project to construct Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant (NPP). The ceremony marking the start of engineering surveying to select a site for the facility was held in Tashkent as part of Putin’s state visit […]
Tags: International Relations, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
October 22, 2018
Slow Labor Productivity as Burden for Long-Term Economic Growth of Kazakhstan
According to the latest report by the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, during January-October of 2018, the real GDP growth of Kazakhstan reached 4.1% [1]. Significant growth rates are present in manufacturing (5.4%), mining (4.6%) and construction (4.1%). The growth rate in agriculture reached 2.5% whereas the service sector […]
Tags: Economy, Kazakhstan
October 19, 2018
Beijing Faces Growing Challenges to Its South China Sea Claims
Today, the South China Sea is a key transit hub for world trade, where two world powers, China and the United States(U.S.), clash with each other over disputed territories or waters, which puts this regional crisis in the category of the largest political problems of the modern world. That is […]
Tags: China, International Relations
World Academic Summit Discussed Higher Education Issues
From September 25 to September 27, 2018, the World Academic Summit organized by the Times Higher Education International Agency was held at the National University of Singapore. The organizers designated the theme of the conference as “The transformative power of research, advancing knowledge, driving economy, building nations”. Leaders of higher […]
October 11, 2018
Economic Implications of Climate Change on Russia
Nowadays it can be easily observed that the ongoing process of climate change has a major influence on Earth’s ecosystem, thereby determining many aspects of human activity. For instance, there is an upward temperature trend all over the world that could hinder the global growth by raising operational costs. In […]
October 8, 2018
The 6th Summit of the Turkic Council: a New Era
On September 3, 2018, the 6th Summit of the Co-operation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council) was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, on the theme of “Youth and National Sports”. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the summit hosted […]
Tags: International Relations
October 1, 2018
The New Spatial Development Strategy of Russia
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russian Federation presented the “Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation until 2025”, which contains the main policy priorities, rules, measures and tools to be implemented concerning the spatial development of Russia until 2025. The Projected Spatial Development Strategy will contain a list […]
Tags: Russia
September 30, 2018
Kazakhstan Sends Peacekeepers to Lebanon
On August 21, 2018, the governments of Kazakhstan and India represented by Kazakh Deputy Minister of Defense Lieutenant-General Talgat Mukhtarov and Indian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Prabhat Kumar, respectively, signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint deployment of the Kazakh peacekeeping contingent as part of the Indian battalion in […]
Tags: International Relations, Kazakhstan, Security
September 28, 2018
Turkmenistan-NATO: Cooperation Unhindered By Neutrality
Ashgabat’s interaction with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) started in March 1992, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Turkmenistan, along with other post-Soviet states, joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, which was later re-named the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). In July 1992, at the Helsinki Summit […]
Tags: International Relations, NATO, Turkmenistan
September 26, 2018
The Third Quarter Marks the End of Russia’s Expansionary Cycle
The latest statistics by the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) [1] reveals a deceleration of the real disposable income[1] (RDI) growth. In August of 2018, the RDI growth turned negative for the first time measured in month-to-month terms showing a 0.9% decrease and in September, it reached negative 1.5%. […]
September 23, 2018
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