THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AS AN “ENERGY CLUB”, PORTENTS FOR THE FUTURE
By Stephen Blank (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND:Kazakhstan is flirting with the United States in anticipation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s September, 2006 visit to America and Washington is trying to develop gas pipelines from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, or alternatively from just Afghanistan to India. In other words, the connection between energy, foreign relations, and security is growing closer and the rivalry for influence among the great powers and Central Asia’s neighbors continues apace. In conjunction with these trends recent Russian, Iranian, and Uzbek proposals that the Shanghai Cooperation organization become or create within it an “energy club” take on a new meaning.KAZAKHSTAN’S BOLASHAK PROGRAM: SHORT TERM FIX OR LONG TERM PROGRAM?
By Rafis Abazov (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND:Kazakhstan entered independence on terms quite different from that of many developing countries. Unlike some states in Africa and Asia, the literacy rate in Kazakhstan was about 99 percent, and was backed up by the vast Soviet state-controlled network of schools and about 100 tertiary education institutions. The educational institutions trained professional cadres for the country largely free of charge and their network reached every corner of this vast republic.CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN UZBEKISTAN: A CHANCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT?
By Douglas L. Tookey (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND:Uzbekistan faces a number of threats to the environment. The government, either because of a lack of resources or a lack of political will, often responds less than effectively to these challenges. In the past, mahallas (local community associations) and, more recently, civil society organizations have helped to fill the gap.TURKMEN-CHINESE ENERGY RELATIONS LIKELY TO CAUSE GROWING TENSION IN REGIONAL POLITICS
By Hooman Peimani (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND:Having the world’s fourth largest economy, China’s steady economic growth has gradually turned it into the world’s second largest fossil energy importer. Its seemingly unstoppable economic growth will further increase its energy requirements in the foreseeable future. As a consequence, the Chinese have been seeking multiple energy suppliers since the late 1990s.Visit also
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