Tag: Central Asia

Kazakhstan’s National Development Strategies: An Assessment

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 14, December 2013 By Richard Weitz Kazakhstan-2050 strategy affirms the goal of making Kazakhstan, ranked as the world’s 51st most competitive country in 2012, among the 30 most advanced… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s National Development Strategies: An Assessment

Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Nurturing from the Ground Up

Central Asia Fellows Paper No. 1, October 2013 By Aitolkyn Kourmanova Aitolkyn Kourmanova is the head of the private consultancy Central Asia Strategic Management Group based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She specializes in economic… Continue reading Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Nurturing from the Ground Up

Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 10, June 2013 By Eric McGlinchey Factors that produce democracy can produce violence. Drivers of reform are also drivers of radicalism. Predictable indeterminacy is the surprising suddenness of protest… Continue reading Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air

Foreign Trade Effects of the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 8, May 2013 By Alexander Libman and Daria Ushkalova The Customs Union constitutes the first regional trade agreement in the post-Soviet space based on effective enforcement of commitments… Continue reading Foreign Trade Effects of the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia

Threats and Challenges to Regional Security: Possibilities and Prospects for the Formation of a Collective Security System

Voices From Central Asia No. 11, April 2013 By Konstantin Syroezhkin Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Almaty Like any other region, Central Asia has its share of regional problems. They have various… Continue reading Threats and Challenges to Regional Security: Possibilities and Prospects for the Formation of a Collective Security System

The Art of Survival: Kyrgyz Labor Migration, Human Capital, and Social Networks

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 7, April 2013 By Evgeny Vinokurov Age, education, income discrepancy, and unemployment level are the main factors that define the portrait of the Kyrgyz labor migrant. Remittances shape… Continue reading The Art of Survival: Kyrgyz Labor Migration, Human Capital, and Social Networks

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Its Potential Influence on Regional Security in Central Asia

Voices From Central Asia No. 10, March 2013 By Sanat Kushkumbayev The functioning of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which comprises a group of rather disparate countries, remains a remarkable phenomenon in… Continue reading The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Its Potential Influence on Regional Security in Central Asia

Discussing the Eurasian Customs Union and its Impact on Central Asia

Central Asia Policy Forum No. 4, February 2013 Putin’s Eurasian Union project, the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union and the Single Economic Space, raises many debates about the economic goals and political agendas behind them.… Continue reading Discussing the Eurasian Customs Union and its Impact on Central Asia

Kazakhstan’s Agriculture after Two Decades of Independence

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 6, January 2013 By Richard Pomfret Kazakhstan is among the world’s ten leading grain exporters. The agricultural sector remains the major employer, and an important source of exports.… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Agriculture after Two Decades of Independence