Joshua Kucera
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:49
Last month, a Japanese newspaper reported that Turkey and Japan were cooperating on an engine for Turkey's Altay tank, which had the same Azerbaijan-export problem with the same German enginemaker, MTU.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 07:49
The latest episode was sparked November 29, when police and officers from the State Committee on National Security (GKNB) attempted to arrest a Drug Control Agency officer, Sherik Abdulamidov.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 08:55
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited Washington this week as the two countries try to figure out how the impending withdrawal from Afghanistan is going to affect their relationship. The content of the discussions, part of the annual high-level talks that the U.S. has with every Central Asian country, were kept very quiet, but no doubt focused heavily on security issues.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 08:25
His other interesting statement was the explicit prediction of the use of Russia's 201st military base in Tajikistan to help deal with that threat.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 09:00
We're using the NDN primarily for incoming supplies to support our operations in country, and we have been using the Pakistan GLOCs [ground lines of communication] as one of our primary routes for equipment going out of Afghanistan.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 08:30
Dubnov also suggests that Russia's recent military overtures toward Azerbaijan were likely motivated at least in part by a desire to pressure Yerevan into joining the Customs Union and stop integration with the European Union.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 09:15
And while all three parties probably know that, all have an interest in continuing to pretend that the prospect is real.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 07:56
The rub with this sort of training is that the GKNB, as the most capable units in post-Soviet security forces, tend to carry out both missions against serious external threats and also persecute legitimate domestic opposition.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 13:46
The United States military has substantially stepped up its counternarcotics assistance training programs with a number of Central Asian states, according to recently released documents from the U.S. State and Defense Departments. According to the documents, in 2012 the U.S.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 11:36
But claiming to have broken up plots keeps up the threat perception, while portraying Azerbaijan's security services as competent in protecting the population.