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 ›
Analysing The Strategic Importance Of Russia’s Reportedly Planned Afghan Oil Hub By Andrew Korybko Continued maritime exports to the Indian Ocean Region across the Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean Seas might be deemed strategically undependable due to tensions with the West, hence… Read More ›
The North-South Transport Corridor Isn’t Russia’s Only Geo-Economic Project In Central Asia By Andrew Korybko Altogether, the pros of Russia’s two lesser-known geo-economic projects in Central Asia far outweigh the cons, which is why the Ministry of Transport is pursuing the… Read More ›
The Economic Cooperation Organization Could Become A Pole In The Emerging World Order By Andrew Korybko At present, their combined potential is far from being fully tapped, but progress has gradually been made through two regional megaprojects, the Sino-Turkish Middle Corridor… 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 ›
Israel’s Opening Of An Embassy In Turkmenistan Is Mostly A Psychological Move Against Iran By Andrew Korybko It would of course be ideal if Iran and Israel didn’t compete in third countries, but that’s unrealistic to expect since states are always… 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 ›
It’s Time To Create An Afghan-Central Asian Connectivity Platform By Andrew Korybko The most important outcome of last month’s virtual Afghan-Central Asian Foreign Ministers meeting was “the need to create a political framework that would strengthen cooperation between these countries in… Read More ›
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