05/02/2013 - The challenges of Eurasian integration for Kazakhstan

ALMATY, February 5 (TCA) — Presently Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are jointly developing a Customs Union that is largely dominated by Russia, but there is an ongoing process to create a larger Customs Union with the participation of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. This process is designed to result in an effective Eurasian integration and the creation of a common economic space similar to that achieved by the European Union. In this context The Times of Central Asia presents an excerpt from an article recently published in the ISPI magazine (www.ispionline.it) and written by political analyst Fabrizio Vielmini.