MenuThe Caspian Sea, vital to Eurasia’s economy and environment, is shrinking at an alarming rate. The declining water level in the sea is one visible consequence of a larger regional water crisis faced by the C5 nations of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This water crisis threatens the more than 82 million people who call the largely
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Atlantic Council Regional Conference on Clean and Secure Energy
Dr. Cohen moderates an Atlantic Council panel in Istanbul panel on the necessity of securing a critical mineral supply chain and the opportunities presented by the Middle Corridor Watch Here
Dr. Cohen speaks at “Saltanat’s Law: Women’s Rights in Central Asia”
Dr. Ariel Cohen discusses the legal dimension of Saltanat’s Law, a measure recently passed in Kazakhstan following the high-profile domestic abuse case of a former minister, at an event hosted by The Jamestown Foundation and the International Tax and Investment Center. Watch the full panel here | Watch Dr. Cohen’s insights here
Leveraging Central Asia’s Rare Earth Elements for Economic Growth
December 2023 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, Ariel Cohen, and Wesley Alexander Hill | Download “While the report offers steps Central Asian nations to take advantage of this increasingly important global market, its call to action applies with equal force to nations outside the region, not least the United States, to recognize the importance of Central
Central Asia: A Source of Energy for the 21st Century
November 2022 | Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Wesley A. Hill, and Daniel Tomares | Download This report analyzes opportunities for Central Asia to expand its energy-exporting capacities, fortifying and assuaging a disrupted international system reeling from Russian aggression and its lack of reliability as an energy supplier. This report engages with four axes of analysis: 1)
Foreign Investment in Central Asia: Actors and Drivers
Issues Paper: December 2020 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download The last 30 years of transformational growth have delivered for the people of Central Asia progress and prosperity. This report examines the policies that have helped to fuel that growth. At the same time, Central Asia has numerous country-specific and region-wide challenges
Post COVID-19: Building Resilience in Central Asia
Issues Paper: June 2020 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download This timely and edifying paper details COVID-19’s impact on Central Asia while outlining policy solutions for recovery. The main topic of this report is resilience – the ability of each nation to adapt to current crises and mitigate against future shocks.
Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020
Issues Paper: October 2019 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download As readers will discover in Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020, the effectiveness of soft infrastructure development often must be measured indirectly through statistics such as the perception of corruption rather than directly. Ultimately, the best measure of how well soft
Future Calling: Infrastructure Development in Central Asia
Issues Paper: October 2018 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download “Development debates often focus on natural curses and blessings. For some countries, being landlocked is a curse resulting in difficult and costly access to/from markets. However, for the countries comprising Central Asia, most notably Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, in ancient times and today,
Kazakhstan Referendum Will Reshape Nuclear Energy In Central Asia
Kazakhstan has employed the time-honored practice of obtaining societal feedback by holding a referendum on October 6th, 2024, to determine whether it should begin constructing a nuclear power plant. With 64% of registered voters in the country submitting ballots, the referendum passed. 71.12% of voters voted in favor of building the plant, according to the