Comments on: Correction to previous post http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Bekzod http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-28703 Bekzod Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:49:48 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-28703 Dear All, I can see that you having a chat about Uz and Kz. Just one point not to be missed while saying that Kz is a regional power: Uzbekistan was, is and will carry on being regional power. This is called smth like historical tradition. They are now calling Kz a regional power!? Maybe, and maybe.. congrats on that?! BUT note that Kz has become what it is being called now AFTER Uz expelled US and said GET THE HELL OUT OF UZB. So I can well deem that Kz's dominant position is artificially promoted by West. Just analyse the situation before and after the Andijan events which itself was artificial. So UZB remains what is was (is, actually). Dear All,
I can see that you having a chat about Uz and Kz. Just one point not to be missed while saying that Kz is a regional power: Uzbekistan was, is and will carry on being regional power. This is called smth like historical tradition. They are now calling Kz a regional power!? Maybe, and maybe.. congrats on that?! BUT note that Kz has become what it is being called now AFTER Uz expelled US and said GET THE HELL OUT OF UZB. So I can well deem that Kz’s dominant position is artificially promoted by West. Just analyse the situation before and after the Andijan events which itself was artificial. So UZB remains what is was (is, actually).

]]> By: Nurzhan http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-115 Nurzhan Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:03:31 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-115 First of all, I would say that Kazakhstan has never tried to vie for influence in Central Asia. Kazakhstan is an undisputed leader in Central Asia almost in all aspects and that is a fact accepted by the majority of countries including US, EU and other major powers. Uzbekistan on the contrary has attempted to become a regional power in Central Asia but failed to do so and along other Central Asian countries runs a high risk to become a failed state. Kazakhstan on the other hand is becoming a big regional power both economically and politically. As for the gas supplies, Kazakhstan can provide gas to Georgia because Georgia is closer to the Caspian where most of the Kazakhstani gas is based and because it is economically viable to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's foreign policy is based upon pragratism. As far as the Kazakhstan's dependence on Uzbek gas in the South is concerned, it exists and should be resolved in the next few years; the Zhambyl Oblast Amangeldy field will make Kazakhstan independent in terms of gas. The question here is not whether Kazakhstan has enough gas to supply to Georgia, which Kazakhstan has plenty to do so. Here the question is transportation and pipelines that are still under construction in southern Kazakhstan. Supplies to Georgia are totally different matter. First of all, I would say that Kazakhstan has never tried to vie for influence in Central Asia. Kazakhstan is an undisputed leader in Central Asia almost in all aspects and that is a fact accepted by the majority of countries including US, EU and other major powers. Uzbekistan on the contrary has attempted to become a regional power in Central Asia but failed to do so and along other Central Asian countries runs a high risk to become a failed state. Kazakhstan on the other hand is becoming a big regional power both economically and politically.
As for the gas supplies, Kazakhstan can provide gas to Georgia because Georgia is closer to the Caspian where most of the Kazakhstani gas is based and because it is economically viable to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s foreign policy is based upon pragratism. As far as the Kazakhstan’s dependence on Uzbek gas in the South is concerned, it exists and should be resolved in the next few years; the Zhambyl Oblast Amangeldy field will make Kazakhstan independent in terms of gas. The question here is not whether Kazakhstan has enough gas to supply to Georgia, which Kazakhstan has plenty to do so. Here the question is transportation and pipelines that are still under construction in southern Kazakhstan. Supplies to Georgia are totally different matter.

]]> By: Ataman Rakin http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-112 Ataman Rakin Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:09:19 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-112 "What can make the KZ authorities positioning? It’s just bluff." Bingo! “What can make the KZ authorities positioning? It’s just bluff.”

Bingo!

]]> By: Karakum http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-108 Karakum Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:25:22 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/23/correction-to-previous-post/#comment-108 Thanks, Ben, for taking time to correct it. What can make the KZ authorities positioning? It's just bluff. An act of the same old cheap buffonata, in which they've convinced themselves that great powers are ostensibly courting/vying for influence in "Central Asia", that KZ "compete for regional role" with the UZ, that they play an integrator's role in "Eurasia" and that they could play good cop (next to bad cop - RU) vis-a-vis perpetually poor Georgians, etc. As I write, another (slightly more convincing) act of the same buffonata takes place in Moscow, where Putin is meeting with Niyazov. Thanks, Ben, for taking time to correct it.

What can make the KZ authorities positioning? It’s just bluff. An act of the same old cheap buffonata, in which they’ve convinced themselves that great powers are ostensibly courting/vying for influence in “Central Asia”, that KZ “compete for regional role” with the UZ, that they play an integrator’s role in “Eurasia” and that they could play good cop (next to bad cop - RU) vis-a-vis perpetually poor Georgians, etc.

As I write, another (slightly more convincing) act of the same buffonata takes place in Moscow, where Putin is meeting with Niyazov.

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