This article contains a comparative analysis of the narratives concerning Great Patriotic War that can be found in textbooks post-Soviet republics Central Asia. The aim study is to show similarities and differences between these reveal what degree picture conflict was shaped during Soviet period has been revised. At same time, juxtapose contents Asian with narrative present Russian history educ...

Trade between Central Asia and the rest of the world began over 5000 years ago. However, patterns of trade and consequent demand for transportation under the globalization movement are much more complex. Supply of transportation to meet emerging characteristics and quantities of demand is expensive and time consuming. Yet, without efficient and effective transportation the economic growth poten...

Project alliances have become an attractive option for delivering large, complex infrastructure construction projects in Australia. The development of relationships in cost competitive project alliances is central to performance and achievement of project objectives. Critical success factors in relationship development of alliance projects that improve performance were investigated. Conclusions...

Uzbekistan has been one of the most enigmatic of the thirty-plus economies in transition from central planning during the 1990s. The government explicitly avoided the shock therapy advocated by the international financial institutions and also avoided the economic collapse of non-reformers such as Belarus or Turkmenistan. Its economic performance, measured by change in real GDP between 1989 and...

Over the decades, partnership between India and Russia has grown stronger, enabling them to undertake combined efforts for development engagement in neighbouring regions beyond. Central Asia, which is a common neighbourhood of both Russia, historically culturally had close relations with two countries. Given India's status as major rising economy Russia's powerful presence deep ties region, cou...

Since independence, joint use of water resources in the Aral Sea basin has been a critical international problem between the Central Asian republics, especially in the Syr Darya basin where the tradeoffs between use of water for agricultural and energy production are very acute. Previous centralized methods of planning, formation of independent countries and the emergence of national interests ...