Kazakhstan fuel protest: cry for a bigger change
From the beginning of this year Kazakhstan has descended into a very chaotic state of affairs that was rekindled due to the sudden increase in fuel price to 120 Tenge (from 60 Tenge). Protests...
Tagged: Central Asia
India’s Overture to Central Asia amid Covid Pandemic
India is looking at many options to ensure that the Central Asian countries remain closer to the former in order to keep a revisionist China under watch, witnessed through India holding consultations with CIS...
Democratic Transition in Post-Soviet Central Asia
In 1991, five Central Asian states announced their Independence from the authoritarian communist political system of the Soviet Union. As compared to European socialist republics democratisation process was very chaotic in Central Asia. Between...
Human Security in Central Asia: In dialogue with Dr Johan Engvall
Concept of human security revolves around development and security. The people-centred approach in foreign policy not only protects but also equip people and societies for potential threats. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union,...
Connectivity in Central Asia: Imperative for India and China
For two thousand years, Central Asia played a pivotal role as a land bridge between Asia and Europe. Historically, the Turkestan region was not just a centre for economic interaction between these two major...
Concept of Regionalism in the Central Asian Region
What regionalism is all about? Regionalism is by now a fairly established part of the International Relations, both as a concept and as an experiment. The term regionalism is a flexible one, which refers...
Commonwealth of Independent States: Rise and Failure
Introduction Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was an initiative of the post-Soviet Russian state to have a regional organization with the members as states in the former Soviet Union (FSU). It was a platform...
Chinese investments in Central Asia
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, China established official ties with the five former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. While originally the main focus of its political...
C5+1 Forum: A Flimsy Thread Connecting Central Asia to the U.S.
On 1st July 2020, the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Kyrgyzstan Chingiz...
The vulnerability of the Central Asian Migrant Workers amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The largest country, the Russian Federation, is a significant destination for both Central Asian and South Caucasian migrants. Russia has lived alongside the peoples of Central Asia for 150 years, and for centuries they...
