What role for the European Parliament in Central Asia?
The challenges – internally and externally – for the new European legislature are numerous. Despite being only a small part...
Commentaries
Looking for National Consensus in Post-Violence Kyrgyzstan
Following the June 2010 violence in Kyrgyzstan, ethnic nationalist voices of all stripes have become particularly loud, expressing their views...
Is the EU downscaling political engagement in Central Asia?
As of 1 March 2014, the European Union (EU) will no longer have a high representative (EUSR) to Central Asia....
EUCAM essay competition
The European Union’s (EU) engagement policy towards authoritarian and hydrocarbon-rich Turkmenistan has so far yielded little success. It is indeed...
The Kyrgyzstani Presidential Elections: Atambayev’s Challenges
After much anticipation and anxiety about the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, there is a feeling of relief that Almazbek Atambaev...
Promises and hurdles in EU-Kazakhstan energy cooperation
Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister, Karim Massimov, once referred to energy cooperation as the ‘core’ of relations between his country and the...
Go Gorno-Badakhshan
The autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) in Tajikistan offers one of the world’s most impressive landscapes. The Pamir Mountains with...
Central Asia on New Delhi’s Geostrategic Radar
Central Asia today holds much strategic interest for India as an emerging 21st Century regional and global power. Despite being...
Supporting Civil Society in Central Asia: What Approach for the EU?
In recent years, EU assistance to civil society in third countries, including in Central Asia, has increasingly relied on a...
EU development ministers discuss approach to Central Asia
On 14 July European development ministers met in Sopot, Poland. Among a host of development-related matters Central Asia was on...