CENTRAL ASIA: Lagging welfare reform affects stability

The diverse approaches to welfare reform across Central Asia reflect both the relative strength...

Article

UZBEKISTAN: Stalemate forces alignment with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin's signing into law this month of a treaty of alliance between...

Article

Thanks to escalating oil prices, GCC governments have unprecedented fiscal discretion, and due to...

Article

The growth of the middle class in Russia is a sign of greater economic prosperity. However, for...

Article

Efficient management of oil revenues is a major challenge facing policymakers in the CIS...

Article

Racially provoked riots and the fear of terrorist threats from radical Muslims have brought...

Article

An immigrant from Kenya, accepted in the Netherlands on humanitarian grounds, Hirsi Ali has...

Article

Electricity monopoly Unified Energy Systems is under increasing pressure to find an acceptable...

Article

Gazprom is serious about diversifying its gas export routes to European as well as Asian and...

Article

President Vladimir Putin delivered his seventh annual address to the Federal Assembly yesterday....

Article