International report on Kyrgyz June violence released
After months of delays, leaks and rumours, the Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission (KIC) has finally published on 3 May its report...
Society
Kazakhstan’s voting enthusiasm
The Kazakhstani political landscape will not be shaken by similar tremors to those that have rocked North Africa and the...
Strategic Water Resources in Central Asia: in search of a new international legal order
Introduction The allocation and use of the water resources of Central Asia is one of the most difficult issues to...
Into EurAsia – Monitoring the EU’s Central Asia Strategy
The EUCAM Final Report in paperback offers the first assessment of the ambitious strategy to upgrade the EU's cooperation with...
The EU-Central Asia Education Initiative
The European Education Initiative was launched as part of the EU-Central Asia Strategy in 2007. By 2009, the initiative had...
EU Assistance to Central Asia: Back to the Drawing Board?
European Union (EU) assistance in general and to Central Asia in particular is a complicated, many sided and fairly opaque...
The Growing Illiteracy in Central Asia: A Challenge for the EU
The Central Asian states have declared their interest in engaging in international cooperation in the higher education sector, but less...
Studying Europe in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan
As the European Union sets out an ambitious agenda in its Central Asian strategy, its support for education may be...
Beyond Border Management Programme for Central Asia (BOMCA)
Introduction In 2002, Romano Prodi, then President of the European Commission, proudly announced a plan to create a unified border...
The EU Strategy for Central Asia says ‘security’. Does this include Security Sector Reform?
Introduction Central Asia faces a broad range of security challenges.(1) Due to the region’s position at the crossroads between Russia,...
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...