Gilles Remy, CEO of CIFAL Group, Vice-President of the Eurasian Commission of Foreign Trade Advisers, Chairman of the French-Turkmen Chamber of Commerce Ashgabat, the 5th Asian Games in closed premises and in martial arts, September 2017. 2017 was a year of economic recovery for Central Asia and Caucasus. Following a sluggish phase, growth has resumed, […]
Beware Central Asia – Social media is already a deadly battlefield, with no rules of war
nCa Commentary “It’s an odd world we live in—one where people view the world through a mobile device, a lens that has created a new landscape where official news, news stations, newspapers, and the like, have been replaced by instantaneous information free from vetting, researching, and journalistic standards that were once the foundation of our […]
Don’t blame Uzbekistan for radicalization of Sayfullo Saipov
Tariq Saeedi As if a floodgate has opened. As if a dam has broken. As if some media outlets were impatiently waiting for an opportunity to bring malignant focus on Uzbekistan. Sayfullo Saipov, a green card holder US citizen and formerly from Uzbekistan, driving a rented truck on 31 October 2017 in lower Manhattan, mowed […]
Karimov: Succession and legacy – Part Two
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 6 September 2016 (nCa) — The process of succession is on peaceful course with Shavkat Mirziyaev, currently the prime minister of Uzbekistan, expected to win the presidential elections whenever they take place within the next three months as per Article 96 of the Constitution. Depending on how the Uzbek lawyers interpret the […]
Karimov: Succession and legacy – Part One
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 5 September 2016 (nCa) — The government of Uzbekistan announced officially on Sunday (28 August 2016), without giving any details, that President Islam Karimov had been hospitalized. The younger daughter of Karimov, Lola Karimova-Tillayeva posted on Instagram the next day that her father had suffered cerebral hemorrhage and was in intensive care. […]
Kerry Go Round
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 4 November 2015 (nCa) — It was a few days of Kerry Go Round, with Ignorance Made in USA stamped all over it. The lack of focus and substance left the region scratching its head in wonderment. The visit of John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, to Central Asia was built […]
Керри объезжает регион
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 4 ноября 2015 (nCa) — Это были несколько дней турне Керри, на которых стоит штамп «Невежество. Сделано в США». Недостаток внимания и реального содержания визита оставили регион в состоянии почесывания головы в изумление. Визит госсекретаря США Джона Керри в Центральную Азию был построен на формуле под экзотическим названием «формат C5+1». Встреча Керри […]
Japan is not competing with anyone in Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 26 October 2015 (nCa) — As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan tours the region, some op-ed writers and analysts are gleefully reporting that Japan has arrived in Central Asia to counter the growing Chinese influence. These are the same people who serve as doomsday prophets in every given scenario, as if […]
Япония в Центральной Азии ни с кем не конкурирует
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 26 октября 2015 (nCa) — Региональный визит Премьер-министра Японии Синдзо Абэ некоторые аналитики радостно рассматривают в качестве противовеса китайскому растущему влиянию в Центральной Азии. Эти же люди видят в любом представленном сценарии теории о конце света, будто мир не будет функционировать без борьбы с нулевым счетом. Разочарующим известием для них станет то, […]
Turkmenistan Conducts Border Protection Exercise in Integrated Mode
nCa Report Ashgabat, 15 December 2014 (nCa) — Turkmenistan conducted Sunday (14 Dec) a major border protection exercise, demonstrating its ability to respond swiftly and in an integrated manner to border violations. The Exercise Here is the scenario of the exercise: A border patrol spots a group of armed intruders crossing the state borders and […]