E-Bulletin – Page 21

July 6, 2018

Understanding the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

On July 7, 2017, following three international conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, which were held in Norway, Mexico and Austria in 2013-2014, and two rounds of negotiations at the head-quarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York, UN member states adopted the first legally binding instrument […]

July 2, 2018

The Future of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Challenges and Prospects

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) grew out of the Shanghai Five, which was founded in April 1996 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. After the inclusion of Uzbekistan in June 2001, the SCO became a regional security organization. With the accession of India and Pakistan as full members in […]

June 25, 2018

The Development of the EUR/KZT Exchange Rate

According to the report published by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) on January 31, 2018, the investments in Euro done by individuals were the most profitable in national currency equivalent amongst other financial instruments in 2017. It was noted that individuals’ de-posits in Euro made about 15.3% income growth […]

June 14, 2018

The Role of Pakistan in China’s Transportation Projects

Within the framework of the New Silk Road strategy, China is focused on the implementation of its long-term strategic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road projects. Unveiled during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Astana in September […]

June 11, 2018

Undecided Fate of Illegal Migrants in European Union

As of 2016, there were 65.6 million people across the world who had been forced to leave their homes due to various reasons. Among them, 22.5 million were reported to seek refuge abroad, while 10 million people were registered as stateless persons, and the rest were relocated to a different […]

June 4, 2018

Banking Reforms in Uzbekistan and their Impact on the Country’s Economy

The current banking system of Uzbekistan has begun to take shape since independence and went through the several stages. The reform of the banking sector was intended to promote the development of the national economy, improving the social and economic well-being of people. The law on banks and banking activities […]

May 21, 2018

Social Aspects of Population Aging in Eurasia

The aging of the population becomes one of the most significant and inevitable social challenges of this century, the consequences of which will affect labor markets, the production of goods and services, as well as the subtle scope of human interconnections. According to the report “World Population Prospects: The 2017 […]

May 14, 2018

Political Turbulence in Armenia: the Triumph of “Street Democracy”

In 2018, Armenia entered the final phase of the political transition initiated in 2015 after Armenian voters approved the shift from the presidential to the parliamentary system of government with the changes to take effect during the 2017- 2018 electoral cycle. By winning the April 2017 parliamentary election with 49.17% […]

May 7, 2018

Tajikistan and NATO: Assistance-Based Partnership

Unlike other Central Asian states, Tajikistan was quite late in starting practical cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), mostly due to the civil war that raged in the country in the first half of 1990s. It became a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, which was later […]

April 30, 2018

Regional Repercussions of the Economic Recession in Russia

Since 2014, the Russian economy has been in recession caused primarily by the drop in oil prices and sanctions imposed by the western countries. In 2017, after two years of the negative growth, Russia’s GDP and industry production in-creased by 1.5% and 1.0%, respectively, while the inflation rate decreased to […]