A2015 is conceived as a large scale international thriller along the lines of the hugely successful Mission Impossible, Bourne Identity, James Bond movie franchises.

A Little History

SUMMER 2006 – the governments of China and Kazakhstan held an anti-terror drill known as “Tian-Shan-1-2006.” It began in Almaty, Kazakhstan and ended in Xinjiang, China. The drill lasted three days, involving Kazakh border patrol forces, the Interior Ministry, Emergency Situations Ministry, Chinese Law Enforcement and Security forces “rescuing hostages.” Intelligence sources reported that the real exercise was a simulation securing the Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline, which sends over 3.5 million tons of petroleum annually from Kazakhstan to refineries in Xinjiang.

Concept

A2015 is an international thriller set mostly in the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the aesthetically spectacular, ultra modern city of Astana. Once the center of the ancient Silk Road, Kazakhstan now sits on a different but significant “Silk Road.” The year is 2015 and Kazakhstan is the locus of power. The new “great game” is not trading silk, but the high stakes trading of the world’s commodities; oil, gas, precious metals, and minerals.

Background – the World in 2015

Repercussions from the 2008 economic meltdown are still being felt and the commodities pendulum has distinctly swung to the Central Asia – Russian region. People are very nervous and Governments have destabilized because of failures and resources shortages. Leaders seem to not be in control of events.