Word: kazakhstan
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...fuel shortages in the European Union in the dead of winter. This January, all eyes are trained on Belarus, which has been having its own quarrel with Moscow over oil prices, threatening European energy supplies once again. But three weeks into the current standoff, there's been a twist: Kazakhstan, another former Soviet republic, stepped in last week to offer Belarus its own oil. Now the Kremlin's most reliable tool for controlling its neighbors - energy blackmail - is at risk of blowing up in its face...
...Joined the Army National Guard when he was 19. His 30-year service includes deployments to Kazakhstan and Paraguay. He is now a lieutenant colonel and also works as the Guard's head defense lawyer for all of New England...
...holiday, you won’t break the bank by similarly helping someone with their business. According to the World Bank, nearly one and a half billion people survive on less than $1.25 a day. Whether it be helping a basket-weaver in Ecuador or a sheep-herder in Kazakhstan, the organization Kiva.org allows you to play banker by investing small amounts of money in someone’s start-up business on the other side of the globe. Alternatively, you can support the economy and help a family in a developing country by buying them a farm animal through...
...while China needs Russia's vast energy reserves, it can afford to wait a little while. Beijing has already tapped into Central Asia's vast gas reserves. A new pipeline from Turkmenistan is scheduled to begin gas shipments to China in December via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, both gas-rich countries. China also has access to the world's largest natural gas field, the South Pars, which is shared by Iran and Qatar. In June, CNPC purchased a block of the Iran-owned South Pars field after the French energy giant Total walked away from the bid for fear of antagonizing...
...parties who met in Dushanbe must also deal with the social powder keg that is Central Asia. The recession has badly hit the region, with shrinking job markets in richer nations like Russia and Kazakhstan sending thousands of migrant workers home to poorer ones, such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. What promises to be a very bleak year for many Central Asian households has only amplified questions over the stability of the region as a whole...