Published Articles
NEW ARTICLE: China Secures Gas Supply From Turkmenistan: Who's the True Winner? December 2009 This
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focuses on the launch of a new gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan to China via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Several countries benefit from this pipeline while another one loses some of its monopoly over Central Asia's energy export routes. These events are leading to a shift of power worth paying attention to. ============================================= NEW ARTICLE: Climate Change: Clean Coal, Nuclear Energy or Simply Energy Savings? December 2009 This
article goes over the strong push made in favor of Clean Goal, even though the technology is far from fully operational. Attention is given to nuclear energy, which may be the best solution to promptly respond to raising electricity needs without generating CO2 emissions. ============================================= NEW ARTICLE: The Two Paths to Doing Business in Central Asia: Which Way to Go? December 2009 Anyone interested in doing business in Central Asia will be confronted with two parallel worlds: the world of "this is how business is done here" and the world of "best business practices."This
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elaborates on the challenges of doing business in Central Asia and on the importance of staying true to key principles such as transparency and accountability. ============================================= Great Geopolitical Battle Over Energy Transit Routes December 2009 This
article explains the ongoing battle over energy transit routes by entangling the web of geopolitical interconnections between the different players to understand what ultimately is at stake for each player. ============================================= Growth Obstacles Facing Financial Outsourcing November 2009 In a world of globalization, some countries that are losing their competitiveness and feeling that their national security is at stake are resorting to protectionism. This article focuses on the need to have outsourcing, such as financial outsourcing, to be seen as a positive development and stresses the need to establish safeguards to prevent defense mechanisms from being used such as protectionism. ============================================= Interdependence, Integration and Investment: The Ineluctable Need to Find New Emerging Oil Players November 2009 This
article elaborates on why oil is here to stay and on the world's on-going efforts to find new oil partners. ============================================= Tajikistan Strives for New Transparency September/October 2009 This
article on the Central Asian country of Tajikistan focuses on the latest developments in the economic sector and on the potential growing regional role it could play due to its close proximity to Afghanistan. This
article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the September/October issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================= Bulgaria: Batman Promises to Clean Up the Streets August/September 2009 This
article focuses on the multiple reports that came out in August 2009 on Bulgaria and on the impact of the election of Boyko Borisov as Prime Minister who has pledged to fight corruption. This
article was published in emeafinance magazine. To purchase the August/September issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.emeafinance.com ============================================= Outsourcing: China's Competitive Edge Over Russia July 2009 This
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based on observations during trips to Wuhan, China and Tomsk, Russia
focuses on what can be learned from China's relentless and coordinated
efforts to become a global player, in this case in the outsourcing
sector. This article was published on the Marchmont News website. To view this article, please go to: www.marchmontnews.com or download the Word version by clicking here. ============================================== U.S Ex-Im Readies to Fight Downturn + Speaker Highlights: Oil and Sub-Saharan Africa May/June 2009 This
article covers some of the highlights on the U.S. Ex-Im Bank Annual
Conference, with a specific focus on a discussion on opportunities in
Sub-Saharan Africa. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the May-June issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================== Azerbaijan: Firing Up for the Recovery April-May 2009 This article, which incorporates feedback from the chairmen of the main banks of Azerbaijan, elaborates on how Azerbaijan and its banking sector have manages to sail through the present storm fairly unscared at a time when many countries are in financial turmoil. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This
article was published in emeafinance magazine. To purchase the April/May issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.emeafinance.com ============================================== A Fresh Start for U.S.-Russia Trade March-April 2009 This article is a conversation with Ed Verona, President and CEO of the Washington DC-based U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC) on how trade has been affected by the downturn of Russian fortunes and on the present and future opportunities the Russian market has to offer. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the March-April issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================== Russia/Kazakhstan/Ukraine: Setting it Straight January-February 2009 Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the January-February issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================== Can Russia's Regions Save the Day? and 2009: Russia Needs to Watch the Bumps January 2009
Read the full articles in PDF format by clicking here. These articles were published in the Marchmont Investment Guide: 2008 Year End Review. To view additional reports on Russia's regions, please go to: www.marchmontnews.com ============================================== Ukraine: The European Giant September-October 2008 This article describes the potential of Ukraine in light of its WTO accession, EU Partnership and Euro 2012. It also highlights the challenges posed by constant political infighting and the desire to work more closely with the West while not jeopardizing its relations with its influential Russian neighbor. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the September-October issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================= Kazakhstan: The New Frontier July-August 2008 This article focuses on the lesser known country of Kazakhstan but which has achieved an incredible transformation since its independence in 1991. The article is followed by an interview with H.E. Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the July-August issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================== Calm Horizons in Russia? May-June 2008 This article addresses the issue of risk perception and reality in Russia by looking into the political and business climate. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here. This article was published in Global Trade Review magazine. To purchase the May-June issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.gtreview.com ============================================== Russian Regions: Going East All the Way September 2007 Philip de Leon focuses on the potential of Russia's regions in Trade Finance Magazine. Read the full article in PDF format by clicking here This article was published in Trade Finance magazine. To purchase the September issue or to subscribe, please go to: www.tradefinancemagazine.com ============================================== Tajikistan Making Strides Read the full article by clicking here ============================================== 2004 Survey: Update on Financing Deals in Eurasia October 2004 Read the full article by clicking here ============================================== Tajikistan Open for Business July 2003 For several years, Tajikistan remained in the shadow of its larger, stabler, oil- and gas-rich neighbors in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. A 1992–1997 civil war and later recovery and reconstruction, combined with the absence of a Tajik embassy in the United States and the temporary movement of the U.S. embassy in Tajikistan to Kazakhstan, complicated direct contacts between the United States and Tajik officials and entities. However, recent events, including the long-awaited opening of the embassy of Tajikistan in Washington, D.C., are paving the way to increased exchanges and collaboration with a country that has demonstrated a strong interest in developing a long-term strategic partnership with the United States. Read the full article by clicking here ============================================== Fostering business through sister cities relationships Read the full article by clicking here | Initiate Contact: Click to read more:
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