Great Gains or Great Game?: Global Engagement across Central Asia Political and military events
Alexander Cooley in his book, Great Games Local Rules, describes a new great game where the post-soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan take orders from Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. He describes this geopolitical concept as a
Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse That’s Much More Than a Petro-State Energy
Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse That’s Much More Than a Petro-State Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described,
Master of its domains Investment
Master of its domains Much is made about the importance of oil to the Russian economy, but Russia is a global energy powerhouse that’s much more than a petro-state By Scott L Montgomery Russia is not what you think. Most
Russia: Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Reabsorbed Political and military events
Russia: Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Reabsorbed In mid-April an American destroyer in the Baltic was subjected to more than 30 acts of harassment by Russian Su-24 bombers. The Russian aircraft flew very low (less than a hundred meters)
Shifting Conflict and Security Dynamics in the Caucasus: The Role of Regional Powers Political and military events
Shifting Conflict and Security Dynamics in the Caucasus: The Role of Regional Powers By Neil J Melvin, Ekaterina Klimenko for Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) As Neil Melvin and Ekaterina Klimenko see it, the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh is arguably
Russia is in Charge in Syria: How Moscow Took Control of the Battlefield and Negotiating Table Political and military events
The Kremlin has successfully made itself the most powerful party to this war. The best the White House can do now is to make them own it. Earlier this month, 51 mid-level officers at the U.S. State Department wrote a
Russia searches for pragmatic solutions in the Caucasus Political and military events
Russia searches for pragmatic solutions in the Caucasus Russian President Vladimir Putin has put into play a reinvigorated diplomatic approach to resolving the longstanding crises involving the troubled states of the Caucasus. Over the past week, Russian diplomacy has refocused its
The future of Russian-Iranian cooperation in Syria Political and military events
The future of Russian-Iranian cooperation in Syria Moscow and Tehran appear to be united in their position on Syria, even if Russian military airstrikes may no longer be possible from bases within Iran. Seventy-five years have passed since August 1941, when
Kazakhstan could be the diplomatic key for boosting stability Join our daily free Newsletter Political and military events
IIKSS - Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States, Kairat Umarov, quietly affirms (without boasting) that 'We expect our next 25 years of independence to be better than our first 25 years.' Asked to elaborate, he simply, and correctly,
The current situation is by no means a good time for agreement on the Caspian Sea regime/ do not repeat past mistakes Legal Issues
The current situation is by no means a good time for agreement on the Caspian Sea regime/ do not repeat past mistakes International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) – Recently on Monday 16 July 2018 the