Central Asia’s growing partnership with China
Since the start of the 2000s, the China has become an increasingly important player on the Central Asian scene, which...
2009
Russia in Central Asia: Old History, New Challenges?
Russia is a power unlike others in Central Asia, given its role as the region's former coloniser, which started in...
Getting to know each other: the EU and civil society in Central Asia
Forging links between European civil society organisations and their counterparts in Central Asia is no easy task. Delivering on EU...
Human Rights in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan: How realistic is to expect further results after an EU open debate with civil society?
The EU-Kazakhstan and EUTajikistan civil society seminars on the themes of the judiciary and detention organised at the end of...
Kazakhstan’s grip on virtual reality
As the world considers how best to regulate the ‘virtual reality’ of online information exchange and communication, Kazakhstan has taken...
The Kyrgyz Republic Presidential Elections: No surprises but few opportunities for democratisation
As expected, Kurmanbek Bakiev won the presidential election held on July 23rd in Kyrgyzstan by a huge margin. The current...
The EU’s Rule of Law Initiative in Central Asia
Introduction The EU’s Rule of Law Initiative is one of three EU regional projects in Central Asia,1 first set out...
Water and Energy Disputes of Central Asia: in search of regional solutions?
Regional cooperation and its alternatives as solution paths for the water and energy disputes in Central Asia by Natalia Mirimanova...
The EU and Central Asia: Commercialising the Energy Relationship
The commercial energy relationship between the EU and Central Asia will be structured around gas above other hydrocarbons and minerals....
The EU and Uzbekistan: short-term interests versus long-term engagement
Introduction After fifteen years of independence, there are practically no democratic institutions in place in Uzbekistan. Only a few individuals...
Central Asia and the Global Economic Crisis
Introduction(1) In 2007 the EU published a Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia. In its initial stages the...
The EU’s approach to the development of mass media in Central Asia
Introduction In spite of positive developments in terms of human rights, the rule of law and democratisation in Central Asia...