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 ›
Kazakhstan’s Pro-EU Pivot Poses A Challenge For The Sino-Russo Entente By Andrew Korybko The Sino-Russo Entente dislikes Tokayev’s reliance on the EU as the means for averting Kazakhstan’s potentially disproportionate dependence on them. His pledge to uphold the West’s anti-Russian sanctions… 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 ›
PAKAFUZ’s Connectivity Potential Is Totally Dependent On Troubled Pakistan-Taliban Ties By Andrew Korybko PAKAFUZ isn’t as promising of a project as it initially seemed due to its total dependence on seemingly intractable Pakistani-Taliban tensions and the revival of the North-South Transport… 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 ›
The Significance Of The SCO’s Upcoming Summit In Samarkand By Andrew Korybko Observers have plenty to be optimistic about ahead of this week’s major multipolar event. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its next summit in the ancient Uzbek city… 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 ›
The Socio-Political (Soft Security) Dynamics Of Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan Crisis By Andrew Korybko Uzbekistan’s “Democratic Security” challenge now is to manage local and national perceptions about what transpired so as to avoid having well-intended but naïve folks misled by foreign narratives falsely… Read More ›
New Growth Points For Uzbekistan-Pakistan Cooperation In Economy, Culture And Education By News Desk On 15th February 2022, an online Conference on ‘’New growth points and drivers for the development of Uzbekistan-Pakistan cooperation in the field of economy, culture and… Read More ›
Pakistan-Uzbekistan Women Entrepreneurial Connectivity: Exploring Future Prospects By News Desk On 18th November 2021, an Online International Conference “Pakistan-Uzbekistan Women Entrepreneurial Connectivity: Exploring Future Prospects” was jointly organized by Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad, Embassy of the… Read More ›