Media Highlights of the Week
Energy and Economy Shanghai Cooperation Organization Economic Forum Meets in Dushanbe Economic Ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states…
Read MoreMedia Highlights of the Week- June 21, 2021
Energy and Economy Asian Development Bank to Allocate $80 Million for Development of SMEs in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament Committee on…
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The Need for More Active U.S. Engagement in the Caucasus
The Need for More Active U.S. Engagement in the Caucasus The situation in the southern Caucasus calls for more U.S.…
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Double-Landlocked Uzbekistan’s Active Push for Maritime Trade Access
Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have been in talks that began in February to improve the movement of goods between Central Asia to…
Read MoreMedia Highlights of the Week – June 14, 2021
Energy and Economy Biden Administration Introduces New Tariffs on Armenian Aluminum Foil Exports The Biden administration introduced new tariffs on…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan Take Welcome Action to Counter Rising Tensions
On June 12, Azerbaijan and Armenia took important and welcome steps to reduce tensions between the two counties and in…
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Armenia Appeals to CSTO to Resolve Recent Border Dispute
On May 14, Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to hold consultations about a border dispute with Azerbaijan by citing article…
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30 Years of U.S.-Kazakhstan Relations
Ambassador (Ret.) George Krol Perhaps the major highlight of my tenure as United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan was engaging the…
Read MoreU.S. Participation in the December 2010 OSCE Summit in Astana
During my ambassadorship to the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008-2011), the ninth-largest country in the world, two historic events occurred. The first…
Read MoreKazakhstan- A Moving Experience
When I arrived in Almaty in September 2004, my new office was in a small 19th-century building on Furmanova. A…
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