Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of May 9, 2016

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Kyrgyzstan’s tourism industry pins hopes on Second World Nomad Games

BISHKEK (TCA) — Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov invited members of the delegation of the UN agencies’ Executive Councils to take part in the opening ceremony of the Second World Nomad Games to be held this September at Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul. The high-profile UN delegation visited Kyrgyzstan on May 2-7.     

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Afghanistan’s mining industry controlled by terrorists and gangs

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Precious metals and stones, along with ferrous and non-ferrous metals, worth according to some estimates up to 3 trillion dollars are waiting under Afghanistan’s soil to be exploited. But to do so appears to be a remote dream at best for mining entrepreneurs given what happens on the ground rather than beneath it, leaving mining activity to thugs and terrorists whose variety in Afghanistan is hardly less rich.

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The places tourists must visit in Kazakhstan

ALMATY (TCA) — The Russian version of the National Geographic magazine recently compiled a list of natural wonders of Kazakhstan that are worth to be visited by tourists, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website.  

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land

ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev on May 5 postponed the implementation of a controversial law on the privatization of state-owned agricultural land in the country, we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, entitled “In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land”, which analyzes the reasons behind the decision. The article is below:  

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Sergey Kwan

Stratfor

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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