The recently launched European Union (EU) Strategy for Central Asia is expected to continue activities that were not completed during the implementation of previous strategy on basis already existing successes and achievements, gaps will be filled cooperation in emerging new areas spheres established. In framework New Strategy, the Central Water & Energy Program (CAWEP) was implemented help Asi...

During the second half of the twentieth century, expensive observatories are being erected at La Silla (Chile), Mauna Kea (Hawai), Las Palmas (Canary Island), and Calar Alto (Spain), to name a view. In 1990, at the beginning of The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Bahcall [2]), the UN/ESA Workshops on Basic Space Science initiated the establishment of small astronomical telesc...

The article analyzes the activities of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and efforts China Russia to promote idea forming Greater Eurasia as a non-Western international community in order embody their geostrategic, foreign policy economic interests. Based on theory institutional balance, reveals significance SCO over past 20 years, expansion membership geographical coverage, well some pro...

The article discusses the initial role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Central Asia and latest development trends, as well possible scenarios for its transformation future, with a special focus on Asia. enlargement SCO 2017 enhanced geopolitical weight expanded opportunities further multilateral cooperation. It has chance to transform into Eurasian organisation. Nevertheless, thes...

This paper studies the development possibilities of the energy systems of four Central Asia and Caspian countries. It explores options that improve their domestic energy efficiencies and increase their export of fossil energy commodities. Using the MARKAL-TIMES modelling tool, it represents their energy system with a bottom-up partial economic equilibrium growth model. With the help of scenario...