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Exactly one year has passed since the death of Islam Karimov whose departure marks the end of an entire epoch. And now the power transition in Uzbekistan is at the center of attention of the political circles that lie far beyond the country’s borders. Note that the observers’ opinions differ depending on their perspective and the geographic location from which they apprise the processes happening in Uzbekistan.
The victory in the upcoming presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan is guaranteed through money, outside factors and administrative resource. Such conclusion can be made due to survey of experts, directly involved in the electoral process. And more importantly it comes in that exact order, from most to least influential component of success.
The annual SCO summit took place in Astana on June 8-9. At the summit, India and Pakistan became full members of the organization. Thus, the Shanghai “six” has now transformed into the Shanghai “eight” whose geographic scope amounts to 70% of the Eurasian continent. So, now it is fair to say that about half of the Earth population lives in the SCO countries.
Despite the fact that the main threats facing central Asia are its internal issues, as well as confrontation of big actors for spheres of influence in the region, Afghanistan, with its influence, could be the third critical factor for security.
In recent times, we regularly observe, how Eurasian economic union (EAEU) is shaken by scandals. Their numbers and content even allowed a number of authoritative international experts to make an assumption about a possible upcoming breakdown of this entity.
On April 18-19 a governmental visit of president of Turkmenistan was held in Kazakhstan. It is quite notable and indicative that his first official trip after the “reelection” in February of 2017, was to Astana.
