E-Bulletin – Page 22

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 […]

April 23, 2018

April 2018 Presidential Election in Azerbaijan

On April 18, 2018, Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev was sworn in for the fourth term as the president of Azerbaijan after a landslide victory in a snap election that had been rescheduled from October 17, 2018, to an earlier date and took place on April 11, 2018. The inauguration marks […]

April 16, 2018

Latest Developments in European Union’s Security and Defense Policy

On December 11, 2017, the Council of the European Union (EU) established a mechanism called the Permanent Structured Cooperation on security and defense (PESCO) with twenty-five EU members participating, except for Denmark, Malta and the United Kingdom (UK). PESСO is a treaty-based framework aimed at strengthening defense cooperation among the […]

April 9, 2018

Evaluation of Potential U.S.-China Trade War

The possibility that the escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China, will turn into a trade war remains high on the global agenda. The trade conflict between the countries began on March 22, 2018, with U.S. President Donald Trump signing a memorandum […]

April 3, 2018

Recent Developments in the Ukrainian Banking Sector

Political upheavals in Ukraine that started in 2014 have caused a severe deterioration of the country’s economic situation, combined with the decline in the socio-economic well-being of Ukrainian citizens. The Euro-maidan protests resulted in the ouster of President Yanukovych, which led to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict […]

March 26, 2018

March 2018 Presidential Election in Russia

During recent presidential election in Russia held on March 18, 2018, incumbent President Vladimir Putin secured a vote of confidence by winning a landslide re-election victory. As a result, 65-year-old Vladimir Putin will extend his rule as a head of Russia for another six years until 2024. In fact, Putin […]

March 19, 2018

Mortgage Lending in Kazakhstan: Analysis of Recent Years

The possibility of owning a home by getting a mortgage loan is a well-established practice worldwide. Quite low interest rates and acceptable payment terms make mortgage lending attractive for the population, especially in developed countries. However, the situation in Kazakhstan’s market of mortgage lending has a number of distinctive features. […]

March 12, 2018

Current State of Iran-Russia Economic Relations

Relations between Iran and Russia, which share borders across the Caspian Sea, date back to the 16th century and have experienced both the periods of turbulence and collaboration. However, it is not an exaggeration to say that since the collapse of the Soviet Union the Iranian-Russian relations have improved significantly. […]

March 5, 2018

Kyrgyzstan-NATO Cooperation: Constructive but Limited

Kyrgyzstan began developing cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), along with other Central Asian states, in 1992 after joining the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC), which was established by the alliance in December 1991 as a forum to discuss and coordinate security issues with its emerging partners. Bishkek’s […]