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New Russian Gas Politics or Adapting to a Changing Gas Trading Dynamics in Central Asia?
Inherited gas pipeline infrastructure, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, turned Russia into a monopolist on moving Central Asian energy resources to external markets in the 1990s and the first decade of 2000s. Possessing almost complete control over the transportation of the Central Asian gas abroad Russian authorities were […]
Tags: Central Asia, Energy, Russia
January 22, 2016
Kyrgyzstan in Eurasian Economic Union: Benefits and Losses
Kyrgyzstan’s accession to Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has been a hot topic for academics, Kyrgyz officials and public interested to the topic to discuss the risks and opportunities it brings to Kyrgyzstan. The main clashing arguments were labor migration; agricultural sector and financial support from Russia to Kyrgyzstan on the […]
Tags: Economy, Eurasia, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan and Russia: Prospects for Energy Cooperation
Recently, Azerbaijan and Russia declared their intention to strengthen energy relations at the official level through participation in new and ongoing projects. For instance, on June 8, 2015 Assistant to the President of Russia, Yuri Ushakov, informed about the intent to establish a bilateral high-level working group on the issues […]
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
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