The FTA between Vietnam and the EEU: What It Gives to Kazakhstan?*
Vietnam became the first trade partner of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as a result of the ratification of the agreement on free trade zone on April, 29, 2016. The agreement was signed on May, 2015 which was the first international agreement on free trade zone between the EEU and […]
Internationalization of the Chinese Higher Education: The Case of Kazakhstan
China, with the largest population in the world of over 1.3 billion people, has moved into the second place in the world in terms of the size of its economy. The higher education sector has grown tremendously. Now China has a goal to accept 500,000 students by 2020 and the […]
Евразийский обзор 2015: экономические, социальные и политические перспективы Евразии
С 2015 года Евразийский научно-исследовательский институт готовит еженедельные электронные бюллетени, в которых рассматриваются важные для Евразийского региона события, и распространят эти электронные бюллетени среди читателей. В данном издании собраны электронные бюллетени, которые были подготовлены как нашими экспертами, так и различными учеными, экспертами, чиновниками и политиками из Турции, Казахстана и других […]
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY – EU REFUGEE AGREEMENT AND SCHENGEN DISPUTE
Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, the European Union (EU) countries started suffering from massive illegal migrant influx to Europe. To date over 1.4 million asylum seekers have arrived to the EU searching for better life conditions causing Europe’s migration crisis. The largest numbers of migrants (more […]
Eurasia Outlook 2015: Economic, Social and Political Perspectives in Eurasia
Since the beginning of 2015, we, the Eurasian Research Institute decided to prepare weekly ebulletins to evaluate the important developments in the Eurasian region and to share these e-bulletins with the readers. The analysis which have been prepared by not only the experts of our Institute but also the experts […]
Does the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Bring New Opportunities for Ukraine?
After suspending the Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine from January 1, 2016, Russia imposed a food embargo on Ukraine and blocked the transit of Ukrainian goods heading to Central Asian countries and China. Under new regulations, the Ukrainian goods can be transported via Russian railways only in case if Ukraine’s […]
Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure in Central Asia
Central Asian region possesses huge amount of gas reserves: Turkmenistan – 17.5 trillion m3 , Uzbekistan – 1.6 trillion m3 , Kazakhstan – 1.9 trillion m3 . However, in the land–locked Central Asian context, it is not the amount of resources beneath the ground that determines gas market interactions, but […]
Asya Avrupa No: 5
Merhabalar, Asya Avrupa dergimizin Mayıs 2016 sayısına ulaştık. Bu sayımızda Avrasya ile ilgili güvenlik ve ekonomi konuları ön plana çıktı. Bu kapsamda üç analizi okuyucularla paylaşmayı uygun gördük. Bu analizlerden bir tanesi Avrasya Ekonomik Birliğinin Optimal Para Sahası olup olmadığıyla ilgili bir analiz çalışması. Tabii ki bu konu kısa bir […]
Oil Sector Development of Uzbekistan: from Net Exporter to Net Importer
Uzbekistan is a large producer of oil and oil products in Central Asia. The supplies, however, no longer meet the demand for oil products in the country. Because Uzbek authorities are guided by the belief of self-sufficiency and do not show willingness to import oil, its consumption level has been […]
Competing Interests of Iran and Kazakhstan in the Oil Market?*
Kazakhstan is rich for natural resources, especially crude oil. It possesses 30 thousand million barrels, which places it in the top 15 in the world’s ranking. The country is also one of the major producers with the daily production rate of 1701 thousand barrels in 2014 (top 20 major producers).1 More […]