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Kazakhstan will reassure investors as reforms unfold

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KAZAKHSTAN

The 'new deal' programme includes both short- and long-term reforms aimed at redressing the main failings of the Nazarbayev era. The Tokayev administration is pledging to launch…

Kazakh election intended to hedge against future risk

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KAZAKHSTAN

The less than democratic nature of the vote resembled the practices of Tokayev's predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, despite promises of a break with the past. His programme for a…

Prospects for Central Asia in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for Central Asia in 2020.

Uzbekistan will re-engage with Russia within limits

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UZBEKISTAN/RUSSIA

Growing Russian-Uzbek ties.

Gas revenue boost will not resolve Turkmen problems

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TURKMENISTAN

Government finances crashed last year as Chinese demand for natural gas, Turkmenistan's main export, dropped sharply owing to the impact of COVID-19.

Uzbek president’s problems will mount in long term

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UZBEKISTAN

Constitutional change could keep him in power until 2037, providing an opportunity to transform Uzbekistan’s socio-economic conditions. However, significant domestic and foreign…

Early signs of change may wither in Uzbekistan

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UZBEKISTAN

Mirzioyev has spoken about reforms, but the tightly managed choreography of election is the same as under the late Islam Karimov, who died in September. That does not suggest…

Uzbekistan sees economic but not political reforms

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UZBEKISTAN

The extents of reform in Uzbekistan.