Railway Cargo Flow Between Afghanistan and China Depends on Uzbekistan
September 12th, 2017
Via Central Times of Asia, a report on how railway cargo between Afghanistan and China depends on Uzbekistan: The shipment of goods to Afghanistan by rail from China stopped three months ago due to the lack of infrastructure at the Afghan port on the Uzbek border and the absence of trade and transit agreements with […]
Read more »Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan: Facing Reality of Central Asia’s Economic Development
August 13th, 2017
Via the Times of Central Asia, an article on Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s economic performance over the last couple of years: Increasing discrepancies between a growing avalanche of economic forecasts by more and more institutional lenders and sideliners for the wider Central Asian region have revived the debate on criteria used in macroeconomic assessments. Sharing a […]
Read more »Uzbekistan’s New Afghan Approach Focused On Trade, Infrastructure, and Gas
June 30th, 2017
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on Uzbekistan’s changed vision for its relationship with Afghanistan: As the new leadership in Uzbekistan pursues a new policy towards its southern neighbor, Afghanistan, which is focused on trade and economic cooperation, infrastructure and a gas-pipeline project, we are republishing this article by Fozil Mashrab, originally published by The […]
Read more »Energy in Central Asia: Who Has What?
June 21st, 2017
Via The Diplomat, a look at Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and a breakdown of their energy resources: Each summer, BP releases a statistical review of world energy. The review — in its 66th year — is well regarded and draws on a variety of sources, giving one of the most comprehensive views of energy reserves and consumption […]
Read more »Uzbekistan And China Start Gas Production In Bukhara Region
June 19th, 2017
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on joint Chinese-Uzbek gas production in Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have launched natural gas production at Dengizkul, Khodjadavlat and Sharkiy Alat gas condensate fields in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported. The new gas […]
Read more »China’s ‘Silk Road’ Railway Hits Snag In Afghanistan
October 20th, 2016
Via CNBC, a report on China’s ‘Silk Road’ railway which has hit a snag in Afghanistan: A segment of China’s long-hoped-for “Silk Road” railway — and the copper that Beijing hopes it will carry — has run into a snag. The Sino-Afghan Special Railway Transportation connects China to Afghanistan, and is one part of China’s “One Belt, One […]
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