Over the last three years, the Eurasian Research Institute (ERI) has been preparing weekly e-bulletins that provide readers with the timely and reliable analysis of recent developments in Eurasia. The analyses, which are prepared by our experts and, in some cases, by external experts, are appreciated by various academicians, specialists, […]
Over the last three years, the Eurasian Research Institute (ERI) has been preparing weekly e-bulletins that provide readers with the timely and reliable analysis of recent developments in Eurasia. The analyses, which are prepared by our experts and, in some cases, by external experts, are appreciated by various academicians, specialists, […]
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 […]
On February 2, 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense released the Trump administration’s version of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the policy document that describes the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. national security strategy [U.S. Department of Defense, 2018]. The new NPR that provides for the development and […]
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. […]
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 […]
Since 1990s, Kazakhstan has always been in the forefront of activities related to nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security in Central Asia as the region faced many common problems inherited from the Soviet-era military programs, as well as new threats, such as illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials. Having disposed […]
In recent years, China’s overseas high-speed rail (HSR) projects have been of great importance for shaping the country’s new diplomatic strategy, namely, railway diplomacy, which has become a new form of Beijing’s foreign policy along with ping-pong diplomacy, panda diplomacy, and energy diplomacy. The high-speed rail projects, which are carried […]
Kazakhstan and the United States have agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of enhanced strategic partnership through engaging in closer political and economic cooperation to the benefit of both nations. This has become a major outcome of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s January 16-18, 2018 official visit to the United […]
Uzbekistan has been developing bilateral relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 1992 through the North Atlantic Cooperation Council established in December 1991 and renamed as the Euro-Atlantic Partner-ship Council in 1997. In July 1994, Uzbekistan signed a framework document of NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, and […]