Commentaries

November 5, 2011 222

Central Asia today holds much strategic interest for India as an emerging 21st Century regional and global power. Despite being...

September 10, 2011 310

In recent years, EU assistance to civil society in third countries, including in Central Asia, has increasingly relied on a...

July 21, 2011 302

On 14 July European development ministers met in Sopot, Poland. Among a host of development-related matters Central Asia was on...

July 14, 2011 270

The Shanghai Cooperation Organi-sation (SCO) held its 10th anniversary summit in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, on 15 June to celebrate its...

June 14, 2011 165

The Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu lies on the border with Uzbekistan, some 25 kilometres from Osh, the city most affected...

June 5, 2011 203

In recent years, terrorist actions have increased in Central Asia, especially in the two weakest states, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and...

May 26, 2011 234

After months of delays, leaks and rumours, the Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission (KIC) has finally published on 3 May its report...

April 26, 2011 254

The Kazakhstani political landscape will not be shaken by similar tremors to those that have rocked North Africa and the...

January 26, 2010 268

Recent data show that Kazakhstan is on course to become the world’s largest producer of uranium in 2009.(1) Uranium output...

January 12, 2010 254

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov announced on 3 November 2009 that the government would not issue any new licences to...

December 15, 2009 373

The destruction of the Central Asia-wide electricity grid has not only demonstrated the fragility of energy arrangements in the region...

December 12, 2009 297

The prospect of Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of OSCE was controversial due to the country’s poor human rights record. None of the...