Joshua Kucera
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 11:47
A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
Central Asia:
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 07:43
Putin's visit led to renewed speculation about whether the traditional geopolitical allegiances in the South Caucasus may or may not be shifting.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 08:18
The new head of U.S. Central Command has made his first trip to Central Asia, visiting Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and -- intriguingly -- not Kyrgyzstan.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 12:34
A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the last week:
Central Asia:
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 12:31
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon visited Moscow last week to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and at the top of the agenda was the fate of the Russian military base in Tajikistan. The base, with about 7,000 soldiers, is Russia’s largest land forces base outside its borders, and it’s become the largest single issue of contention between the tiny, unstable country and its superpower patron.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 10:58
How can Georgia both improve relations with Russia while remaining on the path to NATO membership? That's been the fundamental question for Georgia's new government, which has promised to pursue both those seemingly contradictory strategic goals.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 10:44
The shooting of a Turkish shepherd on the Armenia-Turkey border has sparked international tensions, though there appears to be some confusion in Turkey as to precisely with whom they should be angry.
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 14:39
A delegation of high-ranking Georgian officials visited Washington last week, and at the top of their agenda was the defeat of a provision in the U.S. military budget criticizing the new government's human rights record and threatening relations to the country.
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 14:20
A U.S. Congressional committee held a hearing on the "emerging threat of resource wars" in Central Asia, but failed to demonstrate that that threat was emerging, or even a threat at all.
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 12:41
It's interesting that Putin has reached out to Georgia to propose some sort of cooperation on security for the Olympics, which will be held just five miles from the border of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia