A SINO-UZBEK AXIS IN CENTRAL ASIA?
By Stephen Blank (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Many factors have been cited for Russia’s failure to intervene in the rioting in southern Kyrgyzstan. An overlooked factor appears to be the strong opposition from, and coordination between, Tashkent and Beijing.
SOUTH KOREA’S ADVANCES INTO CENTRAL ASIA
By Sébastien Peyrouse (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since the beginning of the 1990s, South Korea has positioned itself as one of the main Asian allies of the Central Asian states. Today, it is the fourth largest commercial partner of Uzbekistan, with US$ 904 million in exchanges in 2008, and the ninth-largest of Kazakhstan, with US$ 864 million worth of exchanges.
TURKMENISTAN CONFIRMS EXPORT SHIFT AWAY FROM RUSSIA
By Robert M. Cutler (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In mid-August, BP Azerbaijan announced that oil from Turkmenistan is now entering the BTC in Azerbaijan and will constitute between four and five percent of its present throughput of 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), which is being upgraded to 1.2 million bpd with a view towards eventual inclusion of oil from Kazakhstan’s offshore Tengiz field.
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN SIGN TRADE AND TRANSIT AGREEMENT
By Gulshan Sachdeva (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kabul and Islamabad recently signed the Afghanistan Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement. Under the agreement, Afghan trucks are allowed to carry Afghan transit export cargo to Pakistani ports and also to the Indian border.
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Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.