Middle Asia
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28.02.2022
What Russia, Singapore and Fiji Have in Common
Russia’s cooperation with Singapore, a prosperous island city-state in Southeast Asia with a population of nearly 6 million people, neighbouring Indonesia and Malaysia and having one of the highest GDPs in the world, has been actively developing since 2009, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid his first official visit to Singapore in the history of […]
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15.01.2022
The Role that Social and Media Platforms Played in the Events in Kazakhstan
With the rise of cell phones, the Internet, social media, and other forms of electronic communication, the ability to influence public opinions and the social and political life in a country has grown significantly. Furthermore, the speed with which information is made available through social media is unprecedented. Today’s social media spreads information in a […]
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07.01.2022
US Adjusts its Strategy in Central Asia
In the current situation, after the withdrawal of the US military contingent from Afghanistan and the Taliban (the movement is banned in Russia) came to power in this country, Washington is actively making adjustments to its strategy in Central Asia. As can be seen from the changes in the actions of the White House, on […]
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21.11.2021
Adept in Pan-Ottomanism, Erdogan Got Carried Away Playing Soldiers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is well known for his resounding appeals built on the political doctrine of Pan-Ottomanism, which emerged in Turkey in the 1970s, according to which all subjects of the Ottoman Empire are members of a single nation, the Ottomans. However, such verbal passage has been recently increasingly followed by actual actions, […]
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21.09.2021
Pan-Asianism of Japan in Relations with the Countries of Central Asia
Through assessing the latest developments in Central Asia (CA), one can frequently find a discussion of the region being influenced by Pan-Turkism, in various commentaries. This is a secular nationalist doctrine actively disseminated by current Turkish authorities and it refers to the concepts about the need for political consolidation of Turkic peoples based on ethnic, […]
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15.11.2017
China and Central Asian States
As the centre of global development shifts towards the Asian Pacific Region, the geopolitical importance of Central Asia on the Eurasian continent has only been increasing. China and this extremely vast region, which is rich in various mineral resources, are closely linked both historically and geographically. The peoples residing along the Chinese state border and the […]
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03.09.2015
Turkey Joins the War, But on Which Side
Today, Turkey announced it was beginning an air campaign against the terrorist group known as ISIS. Here is the news announcement from the Los Angeles Times: “Turkey has long been a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State militants. Since the U.S. first launched airstrikes in Iraq nearly a year ago, leaders in […]
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06.05.2014
Antitank missiles for Syrian rebels part of existing US arms trafficking mechanism
It is well-known in the intelligence community that the business of the US defence establishment is making war, and making sure that the world remains insecure for the sake of continued corporate profit. The international arms market supplies terrorists and insurgents in a dozen African conflicts along with transshipment into stockpiles inside the EU and […]
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26.11.2013
Washington may deploy an intelligence center in Kyrgyzstan
After being caught tapping telephone conversations and e-mails of both ordinary citizens and the first persons of key countries of the EU, the American intelligence agencies are looking for a new deployment site. According to some reports, the U.S. intelligence center east of the Atlantic may be located in Bishkek. The assumption arose because of […]
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08.07.2013
The Role Non-Governmental Organizations Play in Destroying the Foundations of Statehood
In recent decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun acting as foreign agents of influence. They have organized “color revolutions” in the post-Soviet space, in North Africa and in the Middle East. The Center for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) in Serbia is thought to be the oldest of the NGOs. It trained experts to […]
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28.06.2013
Directions for Cooperation in the Caspian Sea Basin
The time is inevitably approaching when, according to Washington and Brussels, the US-led Western military coalition will finally leave Afghanistan. That is giving Russia a serious headache. It stands to reason that are threats emanating from Afghanistan and affecting Russia’s underbelly in Central Asia. But that is not all. The military equipment and personnel coming […]