Turkey and Russia on the Rise
Reva Bhalla, Lauren Goodrich and Peter Zeihan russian President Dmitri Medvedev reportedly will travel to Turkey in the near future to follow up a recent four-day visit by his...
The Russification of Kyrgyzstan
Baktybek Abdrisaev the remote and mountainous Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has long been viewed as something of an outlier. Unlike its expansive northern neighbor, Kazakhstan, it has no hydrocarbon...
Mongolia: Economic Nationalism on the Rise, Western Investors May Take a Hit
Ariel Cohen economic nationalism, a trend that is rapidly gaining strength in Central Asia, appears to be spreading to Mongolia. The Mongolian parliament is set to consider legislation on March...
Kazakhstan: Is Astana Aiming To Broker Us-Iran Nuclear Deal?
Joanna Lillis kazakhstan is trying to develop a diplomatic initiative that could both cement Astana’s role as an important geopolitical player and defuse one of the world’s most vexing dilemmas...
US Army Intelligence: We’re Losing In Afghanistan (and Al Qa’eda is Not Reason Number One)
Scott Lucas midst all the flurry of Presidential announcements and Congressional hearings on Pakistan-Afghanistan, this is the most important document to sneak onto the Internet this week. Wikileaks has posted a...
The Russia Opportunity
Bill Bradley barack Obama has an opportunity to establish a new relationship with Russia that will make the world a safer place. With ties between the two countries being...
An Analysis of Azeri Energy Market and Its Future
Duygu Uckun Azerbaijan is an oil rich country and a transition economy. It is witnessing an increasing foreign direct investment and fast economic growth. Mismanagement of this process might...
Central Asia and Turkish Foreign Policy
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA The emergence of Turkish interest in the Central Asian region began with the geopolitical changes appeared in the former Soviet South geopolitical area following the...
Türkiye – Azerbaycan İlişkileri : Büyük Umutlar – Talihsiz Gelişmeler Ve Yapılması Gerekenler
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA Sovyetler Birliği’nin dağılmasını takiben Güney Kafkasya bölgesinde yer alan Azerbaycan’ın bağımsızlığına kavuşması bu devleti olumlu yönde olduğu kadar olumsuz yönde de etkilemiştir. Bağımsız devlet, bağımsız...
Social, Political and Economic Problems Central Asian Republics Face and The Role Of Turkey in The Central Asian Region
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA Along with the emergence of the newly independent Soviet Muslim periphery, the region, has started to be included in Turkish foreign policy agenda, too. Turkey...
Classical Eurasianism and the Geopolitics of Russian Identity
Prof. Mark BASSIN One of the great fascinations of studying nationalist ideologies is to follow the complex process by which foreign notions and perspective are absorbed, rescripted and resignified,...
Eurasianism Classical and Neo The Lines of Continuity
Prof. Mark Bassin Eurasianism, as Stephen Shenfield reminds us, means many things. Indeed, this is if anything an understatement, for the term has emerged as one of the...