Joshua Kucera
Monday, May 26, 2014 - 16:02
Although the presentation was public, the commander of Kazakhstan's navy, Captain Zhandarbek Zhanzakov sat in the front row and asked all the questions.
Monday, May 26, 2014 - 15:57
Russia is offering Azerbaijan another 100 tanks, on top of 100 that it has bought over the last three years, in a move that will surely have Armenians asking what more they need to do to prove their loyalty to Moscow.
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 09:21
And strategic concerns have overridden Western qualms about human rights, notes Tolganay Umbetaliyeva, the director of the Kazakhstan-based Central Asian Fund for the Development of Democracy.
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 09:14
He said that Afghan press reported over the weekend that Turkmenistan border guards have been crossing as far as 50 kilometers inside Afghanistan and have been setting up their own checkpoints.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 08:35
While talk of strategic partnerships may be cheap, there's no doubt that China takes its relationship with Turkmenistan seriously.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:04
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon took the opportunity to chide his allies for not coming through with promised military aid to strengthen the border with Afghanistan
Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 01:17
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns traveled to Central Asia this week, meeting the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. And while few details about the meetings were released, it seems that the main topics of conversation were events to the East (in Ukraine) and South (in Afghanistan).
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 07:27
Instead, Alasania insisted that the report would be focused on military, rather than political, questions and would be used to plan future development of the armed forces.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:42
The new deadline for a new railway line that would connect the Caspian Sea to Turkey appears to be delayed yet again, making it highly unlikely that Georgia and Azerbaijan will profit much from U.S. military transportation business.
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 13:00
The railroad, recall, was built by Uzbekistan Railways with money from the Asian Development Bank after American military logisticians identified the Uzbekistan border as the most troublesome bottleneck in getting supplies into Afghanistan.