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Environmental Issues and Regulations at the Kashagan Oilfield
The Kashagan oilfield is located in the nature reserve area of the northern part of the Caspian Sea. The waters here are shallow with depth of two to ten meters. Moreover, the area has an extreme weather conditions with hot summers and cold winters. Due to the shallowness of waters […]
Tags: Energy, Environment
November 1, 2017
Evaluation of the 2017 Presidential Elections in Kyrgyzstan
On October 15, 2017, Kyrgyzstan held its second peaceful power transfer leading to the delegation of authority between the members of the Social Democratic Party, which continues to be the ruling party holding the most parliamentary seats. The competition between the two main candidates running for president resulted in a […]
Tags: Kyrgyzstan, Politics
October 26, 2017
Currency Devaluation in Uzbekistan
Since President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in December 2016, significant social and economic reforms have been undertaken in the country. For instance, the government has created new free economic zones (in Urgut, Gijduvan, Qoqand, and Hazarasp, as well as seven free economic zones of the pharmaceutical sector), […]
Tags: Economy, Uzbekistan
October 20, 2017
The Challenges on the Way of Reforming the UN
On September 18, 2017, a day before the opening of the 72nd session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA), 128 UN member states signed the U.S. drafted political declaration of the 10-point plan for broad reforms of the world body. The document, known as the Political Declaration for UN […]
Tags: International Relations, United Nations
October 19, 2017
The Fifth Caspian Summit in Astana: to be or not to be?
On October 6, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Astana to have consultations with his Kazakh counterpart Kairat Abdrakhmanov. At the joint press conference following the talks, Lavrov stated that the V. Caspian Summit would be hosted by Kazakhstan next year as the heads of states agreed (Ministry of […]
Tags: Eurasia, Kazakhstan
October 18, 2017
Women in Academic Science: The Case of Kazakhstan
One of the most important objectives of achieving gender symmetry is ensuring equitable representation of women and men in leadership positions in academic science. In order to understand the current state of progress in gender quality in Kazakhstan’s academic science there is a need to overview the available statistical data. […]
Tags: Kazakhstan, Sociology
October 13, 2017
The Caspian Sea Level Changes: Causes and Consequences
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the new independent Caspian littoral states faced with the necessity to adopt their own strategies towards the development of the coastal territories including energy and transport infrastructure improvement. However, since the Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed water body, […]
Tags: Azerbaijan, Eurasia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Project: Problems and Prospects
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway project aimed to link Beijing with Central Asia is among China’s main transportation policy priorities in the region. The CKU project, which has been on the agenda since the mid-1990s, is also of great importance for China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Under the project, the railway […]
Tags: China, International Relations, Kyrgyzstan, Transport
October 5, 2017
The Economics of Demographics in Kazakhstan
Within the field of economics, demographics is a very powerful tool for analysis and forecasting. The application of the economic analysis techniques to demographics can provide us with a wide variety of information for purposes ranging from economic market research to economic policy development. According to the Committee on Statistics […]
Tags: Economy, Kazakhstan
September 27, 2017
Latest Developments in Kazakhstan’s Uranium Industry*
In the Soviet period, Kazakhstan’s uranium industry played an important role as an integral part of the USSR’s nuclear military-industrial complex. When the Soviet Union collapsed, in addition to the nuclear-weapon systems and facilities, the newly independent state inherited a developed civilian uranium mining and processing infrastructure (Nuclear Threat Initiative, […]
Tags: Energy, Foreign Policy, Kazakhstan
September 23, 2017
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