Silk Road Reporters
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:55
After a series of scandalous fatalities, Tajik citizens are rising up to denounce hazing in the military. While Defense Ministry say they are moving to prevent it, still more soldiers are dying.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:31
Since June 17, demonstrators have been agitating in downtown Yerevan, the most serious unrest that Armenia has seen in years, raising concerns about political stability in the impoverished post-Soviet Caucasian nation.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:10
Kazakstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbauev recently appeared on Russian state television and called upon Russia and Ukraine to reach peace.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 05:26
The NDN was a skein of three major railway and road links across Russia and the post-Soviet Caucasian and Central Asian space that had provided logistical transit to Afghanistan for the multinational International Security Assistance Force.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:30
After Tajik colonel Gulmuro Halimov joined ISIS and called on his fellow citizens to follow him, Kazakhstan has been worried that something similar might happen in their country as well.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:22
The Caucasus, a volatile region where Russian, Iranian, Turkish and Western interests collide over hydrocarbons, is hosting yet another multinational tactical military exercise.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:12
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are all worried about the increasing instability in northern Afghanistan and its potential for crossing frontiers.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:10
In recent years, it has become a common observation that the once-important Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has become less and less important. Now, however, there are even speculations that it could be unraveling altogether.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:58
Russia is preparing to hold over the next six months joint army exercises with both China and India, as well as military operations with fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 07:34
Tashkent has been nervously contemplating the consequences of the effective end of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which officially concluded on Dec. 31. The apparent consequences on Afghan internal security include the appearance of Middle Eastern militants from Syria and Iraq, yet another potential source of unrest for the Uzbek government.