http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/20/tajikistan-courts-energy-investment/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/20/tajikistan-courts-energy-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Tajikistanibashi? or, non-strategic realignment… Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:09:26 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/20/tajikistan-courts-energy-investment/#comment-7 [...] Mr. Rakhmon needs to look toward two of his neighbors to see the consequences of domestic policy upon national diplomacy.  Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbaev exhibits the diplomatic abilities needed to survive in Central Asia.  Whatever Mr. Nazarbaev’s faults, he has managed to make Kazakhstan a good friend to the United States, the Russian Federation, China, and the European Union.  By treating with all, he has ensured Kazakhstan a place in the global economy.  By contrast, Turkmenistan, also rich in energy resources, has only one friend–Russia’s Gazprom.  Mr. Rahmonov cannot count upon the international fidelity that comes with energy resources.  [See previous post: Tajikistan courts new investment]. [...] [...] Mr. Rakhmon needs to look toward two of his neighbors to see the consequences of domestic policy upon national diplomacy.  Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbaev exhibits the diplomatic abilities needed to survive in Central Asia.  Whatever Mr. Nazarbaev’s faults, he has managed to make Kazakhstan a good friend to the United States, the Russian Federation, China, and the European Union.  By treating with all, he has ensured Kazakhstan a place in the global economy.  By contrast, Turkmenistan, also rich in energy resources, has only one friend–Russia’s Gazprom.  Mr. Rahmonov cannot count upon the international fidelity that comes with energy resources.  [See previous post: Tajikistan courts new investment]. [...]

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