Central Asia

    • Research

    Kazakhstan’s Political (r)evolution

    Recent violence in Zhanaozen in December has forced Kazakhstan's authorities to rethink political, economic, and social policies. Only time will tell if the changes will have their desired effect, but it is the country's population that will make the ultimate judgment.

    • Commentary

    The "Stans" at 20

    Twenty years after the Soviet collapse, leaders of the five Central Asian republics have built functioning states but they have yet to fully implement democratic reforms, decentralize and share power, and develop strong intraregional relations.

    • Commentary

    Kazakhstan at 20

    Twenty years after its independence from the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has made a smooth transition to a middle income country and advanced a foreign policy that could make it a vital bridge between Europe and Asia.

    • Research

    Kazakhstan at 20

    As Kazakhstan celebrates its twentieth anniversary of independence, the country faces a number of tough geopolitical, political, economic, and social challenges.

    • Commentary

    Kazakhstan's Soviet Legacy

    Legacies of the Soviet era still pervade Kazakhstan, 20 years after independence, and leave most citizens unable to offer a detached judgment of what benefits Kazakhstan might have derived from seven decades of Soviet rule.

    • Commentary

    Armenia's Population Drain

    Even as the world marked the birth of its seven billionth person last month, a few countries, including Moldova and Armenia, are confronting the problem of insufficient population.

    • Event

    Eight Pieces of Empire: A 10-Year Journey Through the Soviet Collapse

    Told in eight parts, Eight Pieces of Empire follows the USSR’s disintegration and its aftermath through two decades of the author’s own reporting from the region.

    • Event

    Spotlight on Ukraine: Examining Energy Efficiency and Security

    As a gas-importing country dependent on Russia, Ukraine could strengthen its energy security standing by diversifying its supplies of gas, increasing domestic gas production, and replacing natural gas with other fuels.

    • Event

    20 Years After the End of the Soviet Union

    • Charlie Rose, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stephen Hadley, Brent Scowcroft, Lawrence Summers
    • September 26, 2011
    • Washington, D.C.

    The Carnegie Endowment hosted a special taping of the Charlie Rose Show, on the situation twenty years after the end of the Soviet Union.

    • Research

    Strategic Asia 2011-2012: Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers - China and India

    Asian states are adopting new strategies to preserve their national interests, prompted by the rising power of India and China. These strategies have implications for U.S. interests and leadership in the Asia-Pacific.

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