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Overview of the Climate Change Conference in Paris
The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Paris in the period from November 30, 2015 to December 11, 2015. The Conference is the 21 session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992) and the 11th session of the […]
Tags: Environment
January 20, 2016
How Tension between Russia and Turkey Could Affect Trade Relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan?
The aircraft incident, which escalated the tensions between Russia and Turkey, has turned into a regional duello of both diplomatic and economic maneuvers. After violating, the Turkish airspace according to engagement rules Russian aircraft have been shot down by Turkish air forces causing a political headache and significant amount of […]
January 19, 2016
NEW EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY: KEY POINTS FOR AZERBAIJAN
Successful eastern enlargement brings the borders of the European Union (EU) close to the Post-Soviet countries, namely, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova. In order to ensure close political association and high degree of economic integration with their eastern neighboring countries the EU members launched the European Neighborhood Policy […]
How Climate Change Affected 2016: Hottest Year in Record*
2016 turned out to be the hottest year on record. Moreover, with 2014 and 2015 previously winning the title of the hottest year, 2016 becomes third one in a row. Besides, 16 out of 17 hottest years on instrumental temperature record took place in the 21st century. The sixth place belonging […]
Tags: Energy, Environment
January 18, 2016
Asya Avrupa No: 1
Merhabalar, Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü, Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı olarak 1 Ağustos 2014 tarihi itibariyle kurulan Almatı merkezli bir araştırma kurumudur. Amacımız, genelde Avrasya bölgesine, özelde bu bölgede yoğun olarak yaşayan Türk Dili konuşan Devlet ve Topluluklara ilişkin, ekonomi, finans, enerji, uluslararası ilişkiler, güvenlik, vb. alanlarda disiplinler arası özgün bilimsel araştırmalar […]
Tags: Central Asia, International Relations, Kazakhstan, Turkey, USA
January 13, 2016
Rogun Dam Project: Challenges and Prospects
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union there have been an ongoing competition between the energy generation and irrigation sectors of the upstream and downstream countries in Central Asia. Hence, the downriver countries, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, mainly consume water for agricultural purposes, while the upstream countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, use water as a source of hydro energy. In the past, […]
Tags: Central Asia, Energy, Tajikistan
Is the Iran–Turkmenistan Gas Trade Coming to the End?
Iran, according to the BP Statistical Review 2015, is currently placed first with 34 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves, followed by Russia (32.6 trillion cubic meters) and Qatar (24.5 trillion cubic meters). Having possessed tremendous amount of gas, hypothetically, Iran can easily meet its both domestic needs and external […]
Tags: Energy, Iran, Turkmenistan
January 6, 2016
Energy Relations between China and the Caspian Littoral States
Over the past few years China has been ranked at the top of the world’s top energy consumers. China’s total energy consumption increased from 1,470 million tons of coal equivalent (Mtce) in 2000 to 4,260 Mtce in 2014. Coal that accounted for about 66% of total energy consumption by the […]
January 5, 2016
Comparative Analysis of Russian and Ukrainian Gas Transit Powers
With increasing demand for natural gas, pipeline infrastructure started playing even more important role for transit countries in the Eurasian gas supply chain. High degrees of interdependence that pipelines entail succeeded to prevent long-term gas supply disruptions in the region. It, however, could not discourage energy actors from causing short-term […]
December 31, 2015
Current Energy Relations between Turkmenistan and Russia: Trends and Prospects
Turkmenistan is one of the most important energy-rich countries not only in Central Asia but also in the whole world regarding its oil and natural gas reserves. According to the BP World Energy Statistics Report 2014, while the amount of proven natural gas reserves in the world is 187 trillion cubic meters, Turkmenistan is the fourth country in the […]
Tags: Energy, Russia, Turkmenistan
December 24, 2015
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