The Trilateral Gas Union, involving Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has gained traction due to gas shortages which exposed the limitations of existing energy infrastructure.
The Central Asian water crisis is a product of climate change, inefficient water management, and lack of cooperation and coordination among the five Central Asian Republics.
Geopolitical and geo-economic reasons account for the Central Asian nations, barring Tajikistan, following a multi-vector approach towards the Afghan Taliban regime.
Central Asia remains both stable and unpredictable after 20 years of its reemergence. The states here continue to undergo complex nation-building process, which is far from complete. The book is an attempt to provide an overview of political and strategic processes at work in the region by taking the case of Kyrgyzstan – tracing the events erupted since 2005 and more after 2010.
The fluid geopolitical situation arising out of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine has added to the challenges of Turkmenistan’s leadership in implementing their stated neutrality-based foreign policy doctrine.
