Central Asia

Foreign-Backed Jihadist Movement in Kazakhstan Now Threatens Nearby States as Well

May 22, 2013

The jihadist network in Kazakhstan, inspired and financed by al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the Caucasus Emirate, has shifted from a loose grouping of largely autonomous jamaats into a unified movement that threatens not only...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Terrorism, Military/Security, Central Asia, Kazakhstan

“New Tajikistan”—New Tensions?

May 21, 2013

Tension has gripped Tajikistan over the past several weeks in response to the establishment of a new political party. The founding of this party by reputable political, business and academic elites has awakened the public and...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Domestic/Social, Central Asia, Tajikistan

Kazakhstan Proposes to Expand its Transit Facilities on the Caspian to Facilitate NATO’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan

May 20, 2013

On April 26, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the third ministerial meeting of the so-called Istanbul process, an international initiative for reconstructing and stabilizing Afghanistan in view of the...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Military/Security, Central Asia, Kazakhstan , Afghanistan, Europe

Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan Presidential Summit Boosts Joint Ties

May 17, 2013

Turkmenistani President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made a state visit to Kazakhstan on May 10–11. Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that his counterpart’s visit “demonstrates the mutual desire to develop these...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Economics, Central Asia, Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan, Iran

Nazarbayev Promises Modernized Armed Forces in Kazakhstan

May 14, 2013

While the phenomenon of the military parade has lost much of its former appeal in Western media coverage, with sporadic mention of the Russian show of arms on Red Square on May 9 marking Victory Day, a less well publicized recent...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Featured, Military/Security, Central Asia, Kazakhstan

New Sino-Mongolian Oil Deal Undercuts Russia’s Old Role

May 9, 2013

Mongolian Petroleum Authority Chairman G. Ulziiburen announced in mid-March that Mongolia had made an agreement with PetroChina—a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation—to exchange crude oil drilled in Mongolia...

Category: China Brief, Foreign Policy, Energy, China, Mongolia

Turkish Prime Minister’s Visit to Mongolia

May 9, 2013

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Mongolia last month (April 11–12) is likely to result in closer bilateral economic cooperation in addition to the two countries’ already well-established cultural,...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Economics, Foreign Policy, Mongolia, Turkey

Tajikistan Now Jamming a Russian Radio Station

May 7, 2013

In yet another sign of growing tensions between the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, Dushanbe has begun jamming a Russian radio station located on the grounds of the Russian military base in that Central Asian republic....

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Domestic/Social, Central Asia, Tajikistan , Russia

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