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CENTRAL ASIA: Radical Islamism shows growth potential
The absence of effective domestic opposition movements, coupled with deteriorating social and...
Central AsiaCENTRAL ASIA/RUSSIA: Strategic aims drive gas deal
President Vladimir Putin completed his week-long visit to Central Asia on May 15. A tripartite...
Central AsiaCENTRAL ASIA: Tensions thwart Aral Sea revival
The Aral Sea disaster symbolises the environmental problems facing Central Asia. Their mitigation...
Central AsiaCENTRAL ASIA: Clans remain key factor in region
In all Central Asian states, most formal executive authority is vested in the president. However,...
Central AsiaTURKMENISTAN: Gazprom remains key to gas exports
Turkmenistan is a significant gas producer, which claims to have massively underdeveloped...
TurkmenistanCENTRAL ASIA: Politics and geography constrain trade
Central Asia is at risk of falling into a CIS-centric bloc characterised by high levels of...
Central AsiaTURKMENISTAN: Challenges loom large for new president
Acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is set to win the presidential election on February...
TurkmenistanRUSSIA/CIS: Economic logic drives Gazprom policy
President Vladimir Putin said on January 18 that Russia would use the market, not politics, as...
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