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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Development And Expectations
The first news about the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have come up by October 2013. During the meeting held in the course of visit to Indonesia the President of China, Xi Jinping, and the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono, the Chinese president suggested to establish the AIIB in […]
July 21, 2015
Turkmenistan-Iran Energy Cooperation
Nowadays, Ashgabat and Tehran managed to establish more trusting relations, compared with relations between Iran and other Central Asian states. Due to the fact that the two countries share a common state border with the total length over 1000 km and confessional closeness, Turkmenistan and Iran stress the importance of […]
Tags: Energy, Iran, Turkmenistan
July 14, 2015
Benefits of the Membership of the World Trade Organization to Kazakhstan
The final meeting of the Working Group, which officially announced the completion of negotiations on Kazakhstan’s accession to The World Trade Organization (WTO) was held on June 22, 2015, in Geneva. Kazakhstan submitted its initial application on January 29, 1996, but it took nearly two decades to finalize accession talks […]
Tags: Economy, International Relations, Kazakhstan
July 7, 2015
Effects Of The Iranian Nuclear Agreement On The Oil Market
Iran is the fourth oil-rich country (157 billion barrels of proven oil reserves) and the first natural gas-rich country (33.8 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves) in the world. Before the implementation of sanctions, Iran was the second largest crude oil exporter among the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) […]
June 30, 2015
STATE PROGRAM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOCITIES FOR 2012 – 2020
Nowadays, the world energy has entered a new phase of technological development. Combining horizontal drilling with multistage hydraulic fracturing and proppant injection made it possible to start the commercial production of such unconventional sources of hydrocarbons as shale gas. Inspired by the case of the US, the countries with large […]
Tags: International Relations
June 23, 2015
The 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
On June 10-11, 2015, Astana hosted the 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions themed “The Dialogue of Religious Leaders and Politicians in the Name of Peace and Development”. Participants of the two-day congress discussed the responsibility to humanity of religious and political leaders, the influence of religion […]
Tags: Kazakhstan, Religion
June 16, 2015
STATE PROGRAM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOCITIES FOR 2012 – 2020 IN KAZAKHSTAN
Issues concerning spatial development for many years were on the periphery of the economic policy agenda of Kazakhstan since its existence as an independent state. The launching of the “State Program on the Development of Monocities for 2012-2020” can be considered as the first spatial development program in more practical […]
Tags: International Relations, Kazakhstan
June 9, 2015
New Phase of the Caspian Sea Delimitation
At the end of May 2015, it became widely known that Astana and Ashgabat signed a draft decree on ratification of the Agreement between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Caspian Sea. The Mejlis of Turkmenistan reviewed and approved a draft law on ratification of the Agreement on […]
Tags: Energy, Eurasia, Transport
June 8, 2015
Have The Central Asian Labor Migrants Been Leaving Russia?
2015 will be hard for Central Asian migrants since the depreciation of Ruble against the US dollar by 45% percent has caused a reduction of 40% percent in their incomes. Besides, the cost of monthly payment of working permit has been tripled from 1200 Ruble to 4000 Ruble and two […]
Tags: Central Asia, Russia, Sociology
June 4, 2015
Perspectives on Potential of Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is an energy rich country, both in fossil fuels and in renewable energy sources, such as hydropower, wind energy, solar radiation, geothermal energy and bio-fuels. However, for today, most of these green energy resources are left untapped. In 2014 renewable energy accounted for 0.6% of electricity generation, not including […]
Tags: Energy, Kazakhstan
June 2, 2015
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