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Central Asia

The new chip road between East and West

The term “Central Asia” generally refers to five post-Soviet countries that many struggle to name: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. Despite some ready-made exotic imagery about the treasures of Samarkand (in…

La partita geopolitica aperta in Asia centrale

La guerra scatenata da Mosca contro l’Ucraina e i suoi esiti, opposti alle aspettative del Cremlino, stanno accelerando la perdita di influenza della Russia sulle Repubbliche ex sovietiche dell’Asia Centrale. Un processo giĂ  iniziato da…

The geopolitical power of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s commodities-dependent economy has been suffering since 2014 when oil and mineral prices crashed. In just three years, gross domestic product dropped by 42%, from $235.6 billion in 2014 to $137.3 billion in 2016. A modest…