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 ›
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 ›
Why’s The Russian-Taliban Bounty Scandal From Summer 2020 Suddenly Back In The News? By Andrew Korybko The Insider, which is designated as a foreign agent in Russia, wants to complicate Trump’s peace talks with Russia, improve US ties with Pakistan at… Read More ›
Turkmenistan Is Indispensable To Uzbekistan And Tajikistan’s Future By Andrew Korybko Factors beyond Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan’s control, namely the continued uncertainty in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan’s disturbing compliance with some of the West’s anti-Russian sanctions, have combined to push these three… Read More ›
Russia’s Southern Transport Corridor To Central Asia Safeguards Against Kazakh Treachery By Andrew Korybko Even though this corridor is less efficient than transiting through Kazakhstan, it more than makes up for that by mitigating the strategic consequences of Astana’s potential “defection”… Read More ›
Shared Threat Perceptions Of The Taliban Catalysed Strategic Pakistani-Tajik Cooperation By Andrew Korybko The continued leadership of the Taliban’s extremist faction poses unacceptable security risks for Pakistan and Tajikistan that impede their vision of comprehensively expanding their mutually beneficial cooperation via… Read More ›
America’s Scheme Of Swapping Afghan Aircraft For Central Asian Influence Is Admittedly Clever By Andrew Korybko Keeping in mind its envisaged role as a regional leader (which is complemented by its geostrategic position abutting Afghanistan and all Central Asian Republics), Uzbekistan… Read More ›
Seminar On Diamond Jubilee Of Pakistan Emphasises Relations With Central Asian States By News Desk Lahore – MUSLIM Institute organized a seminar on “Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan and Pakistan’s Relations with Central Asian States”. Dewan of Junagadh and Chairman MUSLIM… Read More ›
Book Launch Ceremony: “The Tajiks in the Mirror of History” By News Desk On 30th November 2021, a Book Launch Ceremony of “The Tajiks in the Mirror of History” was jointly organized by Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan to… Read More ›
Russia Should Step In To Regulate Tajikistan-Taliban Tensions By Andrew Korybko Russia has to reassure Tajikistan that it’ll remain safe and stable despite neighbouring Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban-led government and convince its ally that everyone stands to lose if it provokes… Read More ›
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