ZIPF’s Law and Economics of the Cities in Kazakhstan
During the Soviet era, the urban and regional development in Kazakhstan was strictly regulated and often based on means other than economic. With the collapse of this system, Kazakhstan, just like the rest of the Soviet Union, was fully exposed to all kinds forces that shaped current urban and regional […]
New U.S. National Security Strategy and Central Asia
On December 18, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump presented in detail his administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS). The document that each president has to produce gives the U.S. Congress a guide of the main foreign policy priorities of the administration in charge. Apart from the U.S. Congress, Trump’s NSS was […]
New Chapter in Kazakhstan-U.S. Relations*
Kazakhstan and the United States have agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of enhanced strategic partnership through engaging in closer political and economic cooperation to the benefit of both nations. This has become a major outcome of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s January 16-18, 2018 official visit to the United […]
Current State of Border Issues in Central Asia
It is widely accepted that national borders are a fundamental factor in determining the degree of tension or cooperation in relations between states and within a region as a whole (Moraczewka, 2010). At present, Central Asia faces significant border issues because, unlike its external borders, the process of demarcation of […]
Current Developments in Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas Sector
Nowadays, Kazakhstan is among the world’s fastest-growing primary energy source producers and exporters. The energy industry of Kazakhstan includes oil, gas and coal production, and electricity generation. Being at the heart of Kazakhstan’s energy industry, the oil and gas sector traditionally generates a large percentage of the country’s GDP. For instance, […]
The Structure of Kazakhstan’s Budget System and Recent Changes in Budget Revenues
The state budget is a key element of the national economy and entire financial system of any state. Since independence, Kazakhstan has been making intensive efforts to in-crease efficiency of the budget expenditures and budget process by implementing a number of the budget legislation reforms. The enactment of the Concept […]
Libraries of the Digital Age: Examples from Kazakhstan
In the age of digital technologies, when information becomes more available on the Internet and traditional libraries lose popularity, many people have doubts about their ability to withstand competition with new information carriers. Surveys of students show that many of them consider paper books archaic, less environmentally friendly than e-books, […]
Asya Avrupa No: 25
Merhaba kıymetli okuyucularımız, 2018 Yılının ilk AsyaAvrupa sayısı ile karşınızdayız. Yeni yılın tüm insanlığa huzur ve esenlik getirmesini diliyoruz. Hiç şüphesiz, Avrasya bölgesindeki istikrarın korunması ve geliştirilmesi bu minvalde en önemli dileğimizdir. Bu bölgedeki barış, istikrar ve kalkınma ortamının muhafazası, yalnızca bölge ülkeleri için değil, söz konusu coğrafyanın küresel düzlemdeki […]
Uzbekistan and NATO: Uneasy Partnership
Uzbekistan has been developing bilateral relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 1992 through the North Atlantic Cooperation Council established in December 1991 and renamed as the Euro-Atlantic Partner-ship Council in 1997. In July 1994, Uzbekistan signed a framework document of NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, and […]
One Year of the Mirziyoyev Presidency: What has changed in Uzbekistan?
It has been more than a year since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in Uzbekistan following the death of its long-standing leader Islam Karimov who ruled the country for nearly 25 years. Mirziyoyev was initially appointed as an interim president, and then, on December 4, 2016, he was elected as […]