OBSERVATORY ON CENTRAL ASIA (OAC)

The Observatory on Central Asia is a Project launched in November 2007 by CIRPET, the Research Centre on Emerging and Transition Countries of the University of Turin (Italy).

Since its foundation, CIRPET carried out researches on Eastern Europe and the Balkans, but the growing importance of the Caucasus region led the former Director (Prof. Carlo Boffito) and the Coordinator of CIRPET (Marco Ranieri) to set up this website. The main aim is to publish researches and papers concerning the Caucasus and create a network of scholars interested in this area. Similar motivations also let Prof. Boffito and Mr Ranieri to set up another project, the Observatory on Caucasus (OC).

Scholars involved in research of the Observatory on Central Asia (OAC):

Marco Ranieri (OAC Project Manager); Research area: Central Asia www.marcoranieri.eu

Simone Zanna (Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory, Rome); Research area: Kazakhstan, Energy

Stefano Amoroso (Researcher and analyst at Ecoter, Rome); Research area: Kazakhstan, Energy

Nicolo' Sartori (Intern at NATO Defense College, Rome); Research Area: Turkmenistan

Alessandro Vitale (Junior Economist at Agora2000, Rome); Research area: Energy

Paolo Molinari (Consultant); Research area: Raw Materials

CIRPET Research Centre