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Prospects for Central Asia in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for Central Asia in 2017.

Eurasian union not in a strong position to help Russia

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EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION

Unlike the EU, the EEU is dominated by one state, Russia, which created it to exert power over former Soviet territories and which makes and breaks the rules. Moscow now wants to…

Kazakhstan-China ties will grow as Russia disappoints

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KAZAKHSTAN

Bilateral ties are strengthening and Kazakhstan is increasingly betting on China as the best available source of long-term investments, Kazakhstan's deputy minister of investments…

Kazakhstan reliant on Russia but not compliant

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KAZAKHSTAN

Russia has long had ambitions to invest the EEU with political as well as economic function, but Kazakhstan has resisted this strongly. The Kazakh authorities still see the EEU as…

EEU, WTO pose problems to Kazakhstani agri-food sector

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KAZAKHSTAN

Outlook for the food and agriculture sectors.

War in Ukraine will impel Kazakhstan to diversify

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KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan’s economy has weathered well the turbulences created by the war in Ukraine. A new context for the country’s traditional aspirations to balance and diversify economic…

Central Asia drives Syria repatriations to reduce risk

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CENTRAL ASIA

Central Asian policies on repatriating nationals associated with Middle East insurgency.

Russia's economic weight limits Eurasian bloc's future

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CIS

Still developing since its January 2015 launch, the EEU is the most comprehensive integration initiative yet by post-Soviet states. Russia is by far the most powerful member…

Russia’s Rosatom will be a target for more sanctions

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RUSSIA

On May 13, US President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan draft bill called the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act (PRUIA). The bill ends Washington’s historical dependence on…

Summit highlights contours of Indian foreign policy

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INDIA

India will host the 2023 summit as the group’s chair for the year. Events in Samarkand cast a spotlight on its bilateral relations with other member states and gave an indication…