Eurasia Review
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:55
The current strategic environment in South Asia has been drastically transformed where the US has now become the strategic partner of India and its policies toward Pakistan are routed through New Delhi. The policy makers in Washington D.C. are repeating the history of what they did after the Cold War.
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 07:06
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter hosted Georgian Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli at the Pentagon to discuss regional security issues and the U.S.-Georgia defense relationship.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:21
The mainstream media calls farmers in the province of Islay, in the southern department of Arequipa, “anti-mining terrorists” for their opposition to the Tía María mine, a project of the mining company Southern Copper, which has had a presence in southern Peru for half a century.
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 07:17
For the time being, the new politico-Army arrangement seems to have engendered hope that religious extremism, sectarianism and terrorism will somehow be brought under control. However, this may prove to be a double-edged sword if civilian institutions and processes for countering terrorism fail to emerge stronger.
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 06:33
The U.S. has expressed full support for the EU in the implementation of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline construction project, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz told reporters. The matter rests in laying a 300-kilometer pipeline through the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan. In this case, Baku could serve as one of the key re-exporters of the Caspian gas while Turkmenistan could receive the reliable and solvent European market
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:09
Ashraf Ghani, the thoughtful new president of Afghanistan, came to Washington last week and the trip probably met his expectations. He wanted to thank the United States for “defending freedom” in his country and he did this more profusely than any foreign leader in recent history.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:07
Incumbent strongman Islam Karimov has won a universally predicted landslide with over 90 percent of the vote in Uzbekistan’s competition-free presidential election, according to preliminary results released by the Central Electoral Commission the day after the vote.
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 07:02
An investigation, led by South Korea that included experts from the United States and several other nations, concluded North Korea fired the torpedo.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:40
The United States government expanded its list of sanctions against Venezuelan officials, accusing them of having violated human rights, during violent street protests, in Caracas last year. Due to the severity of these sanctions, relations between the United States and Venezuela have deteriorated further to a new level of hostility. However, at the same time, China has been generously co-signing financial transactions with the Venezuelan government including the borrowing of billions of dollars in exchange for future trade advantages
Friday, March 6, 2015 - 05:28
Africa is currently facing two entirely distinct security threats, one from the rise of radical Islam, the other from increased natural resource extraction. The author outlines three forms of international support that should be applied to Africa to counter these threats.