Why Did Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush? By Andrew Korybko Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics… Read More ›
Kazakhstan Might Have Just Placed Itself On An Irreversible Collision Course With Russia By Andrew Korybko The production of NATO-standard shells hints that Kazakhstan plans to follow in Azerbaijan’s footsteps by having its armed forces conform with the bloc’s standards ahead… Read More ›
The “Community Of Central Asia” Could Reduce Russia’s Regional Influence By Andrew Korybko This new group might foster a stronger sense of shared regional identity among its members, even ethnic in the pan-Turkic sense (Tajikistan being the exception), than the one… Read More ›
Why Did Kazakhstan Join The Abraham Accords When It Already Recognizes Israel? By Andrew Korybko Its leader likely did this as a personal favour for Trump so that he’d have his back if trouble ever arises with Russia such as if… Read More ›
Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan’s Mineral Deals Signal A New Phase In US Pressure Politics By Andrew Korybko The new strategic stakes that the US has in the region are expected to bolster its commitment to developing two new trade routes to there,… Read More ›
A US Think Tank Considers Armenia And Kazakhstan To Be Key Players For Containing Russia By Andrew Korybko They’re fearmongering about Russia’s intentions towards those two in parallel with proposing closer US ties with them. The Washington Post recently published a piece fearmongering… Read More ›
Trump’s C5+1 Gambit: Can Washington Dislodge Russia And China In Central Asia? By Uriel Araujo Trump’s C5+1 outreach targets critical minerals, energy security, and a strategic foothold in the Eurasian heartland. Yet Russia’s deep ties and China’s decades-long investments raise doubts… Read More ›
Pan-Turkism Was Dealt A Blow After Central Asia Threw Northern Cyprus Under The Bus By Andrew Korybko Some in Russia are breathing a sigh of relief that Pan-Turkism isn’t taken as seriously by the Central Asian countries as they thought and… Read More ›
Assessing The Feasibility Of A Russian Gas Pipeline To China Through Kazakhstan By Andrew Korybko The only reason why Kazakhstan is being considered either as a complement or an alternative to Mongolia as a transit state to China is for political… Read More ›
Lavrov Politely Corrected The Kazakh Leader For Implying That BRICS Is An Alternative To The UN By Andrew Korybko A lot of people across the world are under the same false impression about BRICS as Tokayev is. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey… Read More ›
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