Turkmenistan advances westward natural gas export
By Natalia Konarzewska March 25th, 2016, The CACI Analyst In late December 2015, Turkmenistan officially announced the completion of the East-West gas pipeline. This 773 kilometer route with an annual...
View ArticleThe Pap-Angren Railway and Its Geoeconomic Implications for Central Asia
By Mirzohid Rahimov April 19th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Central Asian nations consider the development of alternative regional transport communications important aspects of their national economic and...
View ArticleFixing the Aral Sea disaster: towards environmental cooperation in Central Asia?
By Rafis Abazov June 28th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Kazakh experts have recently begun to call water the “liquid gold of the 21st century,” as all states in the Central Asian region face greater demand...
View ArticleAfghanistan risks water conflict with Iran
By Sudha Ramachandran July 30th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Afghanistan’s damming of the Harirud River could boost agriculture and industry in the country. However, the resulting reduction in water flow to...
View ArticlePutin-Xi meeting underlines Russian weakness faced with China's geoeconomics...
By Robert M. Cutler August 28th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On June 25, Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China met in Beijing, immediately after spending two days together in Tashkent...
View ArticleProspects of Turkmenistan-Iran gas cooperation
By Dmitry Shlapentokh October 12th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On June 8, 2016, FSU Oil & Gas Monitor quoted former UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry as saying that gas from Turkmenistan could reach...
View ArticleUzbekistan-Tajikistan: game over, but what is the score?
By Farkhod Tolipov December 15th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s independence in 1991 raised the Shakespearean “To be or not to be?” question concerning the ambitious construction...
View ArticleRevere or Reverse? Central Asia between Cyrillic and Latin Alphabets
By Farkhod Tolipov June 6, 2017, the CACI Analyst In April this year, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev made it clear that Kazakhstan intends to change from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet....
View ArticleChina – Pakistan Economic Corridor: An Opportunity for Central Asia?
By Fuad Shahbazov June 19, 2017, the CACI Analyst In May 2017, China hosted an international summit in Beijing gathering 28 heads of state from four continents and representatives of various...
View ArticlePresidential Visit Gives a New Boost to Azerbaijani-Turkmen Relations
By Fariz Ismailzade September 6, 2017, the CACI Analyst The recent visit of Turkmenistan’s President to Azerbaijan opens a new chapter in bilateral relations and creates a solid foundation for the...
View ArticleTurkmenistan's Gas Export Dilemma
By Dmitry Shlapentokh November 15, 2017, the CACI Analyst At first glance, Turkmenistan’s decision in January 2017 to stop selling gas to Iran was a minor episode in the context of an otherwise...
View ArticleWill the Lapis Lazuli Railway Corridor Finally End Afghanistan's Isolation?
By John C. K. Daly December 1, 2017, the CACI Analyst On November 15 during the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VII) in Ashgabat Turkey, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan,...
View ArticleNew Central Asia But Old Great Game? Ramifications of the Consultative...
By Farkhod Tolipov April 10, 2018, the CACI Analyst On March 15, 2018, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and the speaker of Turkmenistan’s parliament gathered in...
View ArticleUNGA Adopts Resolution on Strengthening Cooperation in Central Asia
By Batir Tursunov September 5, 2018, the CACI Analyst At its June 22, 2018, plenary session, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on “Strengthening regional and international cooperation to...
View ArticleThe Perspective of Trans-Caspian Gas Flow to Europe
By Ilgar Gurbanov October 25, 2018, the CACI Analyst On August 12, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the Caspian Sea’s Legal Status in Astana. The...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Delayed Consultations, Suspended Integration
By Farkhod Tolipov July 2, 2019, the CACI Analyst After almost a decade-long break in regional summits of Central Asian states, the ice began to melt in March 2018 when the leaders of five Central...
View ArticleRussia Moves to Strengthen its Profile in Central Asian Gas Politics,...
By Azad Garibov October 24, 2019, the CACI Analyst With a promise to increase gas imports from Central Asia and to resume gas purchases from Turkmenistan after a three-year break, Russia’s energy giant...
View ArticleCentral Asia Nervously Awaits Withdrawal of Foreign Militaries from Afghanistan
By John C. K. Daly April 8, 2020, the CACI Analyst After 18 months of negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban signed their bilateral landmark “peace agreement” in Doha on February 29, alongside...
View ArticleCentral Asia Caught in Economic Perfect Storm amid Oil Price Collapse and...
By Azad Garibov May 12, 2020, the CACI Analyst The collapse of oil prices and outbreak of a pandemic seems to catch Central Asia in an economic perfect storm. Some regional energy exporters will suffer...
View ArticleU.S. Presence in Central Asia: Realities and Perspectives
By Nurlan Aliyev May 27, 2020, the CACI Analyst In early February, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. He was received by the two heads of states in Nursultan and...
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