Tag Kazakhstan

21 Items, Page 3 of 5

18 Projects to Watch in 2018

18 Projects to Watch in 2018

Reconnecting Asia is tracking developments across a vast landmass that includes 60 percent of the global economy. Every day, new infrastructure projects are announced, some are advanced, and others encounter obstacles. Here is a selection of the top projects to watch in 2018.

Individuals at a CSIS event stand for a photo; Kazakhstan

World’s Roads “One of the Greatest Security Risks”

Lord George Robertson, former Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Foundation discusses “one of the gravest and most preventable security risks that faces people – the risk of death and disability on the world’s roads,” in a special message for the launch of CSIS’s new Reconnecting Asia report, “Safety on the New Silk Road.”

Infrastructure Boom Offers Fresh Start on Asian Road Safety

It might be the world’s deadliest, least known conflict. The latest available figures from the World Health Organization show that road accidents claimed at least 1.25 million lives in 2013, more than twice the death toll from the war in Syria. Nor is the carnage confined to far-off lands. It is happening in countries from America to Australia, and increasingly, in developing Asia.