Civil protests took over the streets of Yerevan — the capital of Armenia. People demand a dismissal of the former president Serzh Sargsyan who became prime-minister of the Republic to keep power in his hands. The police promise to use force against the protesters including firearms. Therefore, Armenian journalists ask the international media to focus attention on Armenia to contains such attempts.
The systemic destabilization of the world connected to the dramatic increase of uncertainty is one of the main recent changes in our lives. As a result, the risks are on the rise and not only for the key players but for all those involved in political (or non-political) matters.
China remains the main country that Akorda expects to invest in Kazakhstan, primarily, in the resource sector and the large-scale processing industries. This, however, is not to be reflected in the Kazakhstanis’ employment status. This conclusion follows the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Kazakhstan government’s investment program.
Tajik-Uzbek relations are one of the cornerstone subjects in the analysis of situation in the region of Central Asia. None of the neighboring states have won from the confrontation lasting no less than quarter of a century, quite the opposite – it worsened economic development, especially in Tajikistan due to railroad blokade introduced by Tashkent. Plus, this state of affairs has worsened the main problem of the region – the lack of agreement for mutual use of its water-energy potential.
Recently Kyrgyz president’s visit to Dushanbe has ended. A slew of experts have voiced opinions that one of the issues of the talks might be EAEU, and the first visit of Sooronbek Jeenbekov to the republic itself as a president of neighboring country will speed up the decision of Tajik authorities regarding EAEU.
Afghanistan remains a “hot spot’ in Central Asia and any steps in the direction of peace and stability in that country benefit the entire region. Thus an upcoming official onset of building of Afghan stretch of the oil pipe TAPI (Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India) in Feb. in our opinion is a positive event.