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Analyses |
On 12 May, the Majilis of Kazakhstan (that country’s lower house of parliament) put forward a plan to award Nursultan Nazarbayev the title of ‘leader of the nation’. If the Senate and the president himself confirm this plan, it would mean…
Analyses |
On 1-2 May, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a range of agreements with Uzbekistan to provide loans totalling US$1.15 billion for infrastructure and energy projects. The award of such large amounts (from 1995 to 2009, Uzbekistan…
Point of View |
| Maciej Falkowski, Krzysztof Strachota
The real threat posed by militant Islam seems to be rather limited, and its roots lie outside Central Asia. This region is unlikely to become a key front of global jihad. Nevertheless, this does not guarantee peace and safety in Central…
Point of View |
| Maciej Falkowski, Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
The rise of a new leader of the state of Turkmenistan – President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who became ruler of the central Asian state after the 21-year rule of Saparmurad Niyazov, the self-proclaimed Turkmenbashi, who died on December…
Point of View |
| Wojciech Bartuzi, Krzysztof Strachota
The conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been Georgia's main security problem since the beginning of the 1990s, and, along with the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, have made up the main security problems in the South…
OSW Report |
| Leszek Szerepka, Marta Jaroszewicz
In recent years, both in Poland and across Europe, the problem of international migration has been transformed from an issue which merely concerned a narrow group of analysts and officials into an area of interest for broad social circles…
OSW Studies |
| Maciej Falkowski
The Southern Caucasus and Central Asia are priority areas for the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Russia mainly sees its influence in both regions as an important factor determining its international stature, and as a…
OSW Studies |
| Krzysztof Strachota
Tajikistan in its present state has been built on the civil war experiences and provisions of the peace accords signed in 1997. These have had a great impact on the present form of the state, its political scene and power mechanisms.…
OSW Studies |
| Grzegorz Zasada
With its geographic location, potential, ambitions and political priorities, Uzbekistan could play a leading role in Central Asia. The international community has perceived the country as the pillar of stability in the region. This…
OSW Studies |
| Anna Wołowska
Just several years ago, the position of Kazakhstan as the regional leader was not so obvious. Since the emergence of the independent republics in Central Asia, there has been rivalry for leadership between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which…