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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 06:29
Despite weakening finances, Algiers will continue to prioritize military spending, shifting the balance of power between Algeria and Morocco in Algeria’s favor. Consequently, Morocco will increasingly look to its regional and Western allies to better secure its position.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 07:21
China's military role in Central Asia will increasingly focus on arms sales, counterterrorism and bilateral initiatives outside the Russia- and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:44
Over the coming decades, instability and internal conflict will continue to pose the greatest threats to the region as the influence of Russia and the West in Central Asia fades. But in their place, two new powers will rise that will shape the future of the region: Turkey and China.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 07:19
As Russia and the United States compete for influence in Central Asia, Uzbekistan will play an important role in shaping regional security dynamics and in the broader standoff between Moscow and the West in the former Soviet periphery.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 06:57
The standoff between Russia and the West is once again heating up, but this time tensions are centered on the Caucasus.
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 07:04
Tajikistan's leaders are on a mission to rid the country of Islamists. But in fact, there has been little direct evidence of Islamist militant activity in Tajikistan in recent years
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 07:15
Just as signs indicate that the conflict in Ukraine is escalating, the standoff between Russia and the West also appears to be intensifying farther east in the former Soviet periphery.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 06:47
With Russia's help, the disputed territory of South Ossetia is encroaching more deeply into Georgia, but the expansion is unlikely to escalate into a major conflict.
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 07:05
Russia is making a concerted effort to increase its military and security presence throughout Central Asia, just not for the reasons it would have you think. Though the Kremlin is concerned with the threat of spillover violence from Islamist militancy in Afghanistan — its purported motive for deploying more troops — it is far more alarmed by what it sees as Chinese and Western encroachment into lands over which it has long held sway. It is this concern that will shape Moscow's behavior in Central Asia in the years to come.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 00:00
Analyst Karen Hooper examines the protests behind a planned road through a Bolivian nature reserve, and why Brazil is the primary financier of the project.