Joshua Kucera
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 11:07
From Azerbaijan's perspective, it seems that Baku realized that it couldn't have as many hostile neighbors as it had been collecting, said Alex Vatanka, an expert on Iran's relations with the former Soviet Union at the Middle East Institute.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 09:28
Over the same period, Kazakhstan saw among the biggest defense spending increases in the Asia-Pacific region, with a ten percent increase, despite enjoying what SIPRI called an "essentially peaceful security environment."
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:57
“NATO has stopped muddying the waters claiming that the Black Sea calls of its military ships are planned and regular. Now they are openly declaring that the visits are linked directly to the events in Ukraine..."
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:55
But regional experts say that NATO is nevertheless likely to remain a marginal factor in the security and geopolitics of the Caucasus.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:15
Turkey is likely not interested in changing anything about the Montreux Convention, Yaylali said, though some countries -- notably the U.S. -- have long wanted its regulations to be loosened.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 11:23
All of this is still obviously just in the discussion stage, but all of this -- the potential deliberate fragmentation of Afghanistan, and the concomitant rapprochement between Uzbekistan and Russia that it suggests -- would be a big deal.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 09:02
But it seems they may be losing out in the giveaway to their neighbors to the south: Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:23
One possible explanation for the "hundreds of millions of dollars" figure is that Wang was talking about training exercises under SCO auspices, which have been going on for some time and which, presumably, China finances and which aren't cheap.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:29
The rockets would be ready to quickly be deployed into Kazakhstan under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and "would protect Russia and former Soviet republics from possible external threats from Central Asia," Izvestia wrote.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 09:19
And Syria's government blamed Turkey: "Syrian authorities accused Turkey of helping the fighters launch their attack on Kasab from Turkish territory, saying Ankara's army 'provided cover for this terrorist attack' on the wooded and hilly border region."