Eurasia / Opinion
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Central Asia surprisingly neutral on Russian war in Ukraine
To the surprise of many, each of the Central Asian Republics has maintained a neutral stance on Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
COMMENT: Why replenished ties between Uzbekistan and Turkey suit both Tashkent and Ankara
For the Uzbeks, the strategic relationship helps with the balancing act between the big powers. For the Turks, it builds regional influence in line with the pan-Turkic agenda.
COMMENT: Georgia drops out of the Trio – why did this happen?
Georgia can become an EU candidate country, but not with Georgian Dream in power.
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Book review | China’s “detached” power
A new book exposes the hollowness of many Western assumptions about China’s role in Central Asia.
COMMENT: Fiscal challenge for Azerbaijan is to not spend the oil price boom
Counter-cyclical fiscal policy needed. Among other things, more modest budget spending would help country combat soaring inflation.
ASH: Welcome to the new age of inflation
The debate around inflation is centre-stage at present, with headline and PPI inflation soaring globally in response to a range of factors but including climate change/transition and Covid-related supply disruptions.
COMMENT: Uzbekistan’s constitutional reforms are for the people
Every modern constitution claims to speak for the public. “We the People,” the US Constitution famously begins. Uzbekistan’s own Soviet era constitution, passed in 1978, declared grandly that “all power” belonged to the people. It didn’t.
NEMETHY: The world continues to hurtle towards recession and potentially financial crisis
There is a widespread feeling of ‘business as usual’. There is very little sense of impending doom. This confidence is misplaced.
COMMENT: Russia will not tolerate the EU's new role in Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
The EU has gradually assumed a key role in the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has undermined the Kremlin’s longstanding dominance in the region.
NEMETHY: How will the war in Ukraine affect Emerging Markets?
We have all heard the adage that a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could affect the weather patterns on the other side of the planet. Might the war in Ukraine also have such unintended consequences?
COMMENT: Russia poised to exploit Mongolia on Soyuz–Vostok pipeline
Moscow is working to secure Mongolia as a junior partner for a new strategically important natural gas pipeline to China.
Perspectives | Facing food crisis, Tajikistan returns to Washington with begging bowl
Dushanbe is dependent on Russia and indebted to China. Will the IMF come to the rescue?
