The struggle came to the end.It was not too difficult to percieve the “winner”.Actually, it is easier to see a “loser”,because of the “big crack” and the historic revival of the new states.The “wind of change” has thrown upside down the great ideology,or way of thinking,that barely was swallowing almost all the world.It’s indefinite if it’s an ideology or just an utopic effort of men with an iron fist. Anyway,the wall couldn’t sustain the blows,and the world caught an opportunity to learn what an abyss it has fallen into.The result? A big vacuum.Countries,which once were dreaming of “prosperity” and “life” suddenly found themselves floundering in a gog of survival,or in a vacuum. The vacuum is not an emptiness.It seems like a structure with plethora of “sysholes” (system holes).It’s a “new world”.Maybe this world is not of these which can be called as “a new era world”,but it’s the impetus of the one,which now is discussed and trying to be analyzed in conferences,workshops,and just slightly percieved by inhabitants.Main parts of this system: Permanent light-speed changes, inefficiency of modern paradigms,a great need for elasticity and for great leaders.So,where is a locus of Central Asian ship in an ocean of ambiguity?

The “wind of change” stroke these countries before all,and these ones are mostly effected.The sudden,but maybe unexpected change occured in the region from the Caspian Sea to the borders of China.This crucial turn includes almost all the aspects of the former system.New states,which appeared right after the collapse of USSR,are in a net of international links.Some of them quickly changed the political orientation generally toward the west.No doubt,”old influences” are being continued.It’s not easy to reform the meander.Other ones has made efforts to set multidimensional political relations.Some perspectives claim they are quite successful.Needless to say,the reasons of success are in “attractive” and promised lands,maybe even nations.Anyway,the region is vitally important one to the superpowers,whose numbers are shifting from two to more from view to view. Within decades the region is predisposed to become one of the “hot points” of the world.A list of “hot points” will obviously widen.For instance,terrorist actions,which are almost outnumbering held state reforms,are signs of boiling matters.These actions are of religious character.Called radical Islamists or extermists,these groups are aiming to set their ideas.By terrifying people and carrying out military activities,they try to use a moment of regional stability to install a system with Islamic ideology.It indicates,newly independent states joined the world deals and experience hard trials of survival.

The political vacuum emerged after 90’s has greatly changed “air pressures between the West and the East.Thus,it began to blow from the West,rather than the East. Western administrations have promptly made ready saddles to ride over Central Asian valleys and mounts. First visits were met with hope in eyes by new states,but anxiety and unease by Moscow. So,there’s a “mild” political clash between Russia and specifically USA over dominance over the region.But political ties are more complex. Regional powers such as China, India, Iran and Turkey are also interested in riding horses in Central Asian land.It’s feasible in a multipolar world.It’s seen in visits and investments.It’s obscure whether each of them pulls in different directions.Regional situation requires large investments,experience and intensive market growth to deal with the economic problems by shifting from “old type” economic structure to market eceonomy,the new type. It was not too easy to make it work.Beginning with privatisation programmes CAC (Central Asian Countries),specifically Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have got rid of the basic problems.

With changes in economy and politics,a considerable changed occured also in society. It became really hard to say if national cultures will survive or not.Shops are staffed with “red cans” with meaningless and strange,but quite popular names. Looking into trash it’s obvious that those cans are being consumed in large numbers. No need to mention vodka bottles and beer cans,people live their dreams in various TV programmes which have not any slightest tint of indigenous “TV-Culture”,youth prefer MTV.

 Is it unavoidable? Is there really need for that after long period social break? And most important,it’s really difficult to decide if it’s a side-effect of civilization or not.Maybe,it’s an indispensable element of liberal mentality. Anyway,popular consumption in it’s way with acceleration. All the same for the popular culture.

So,it’s clear there’s a lot to do in the way of development and geting rid of the useless weight. Just a little patience…