Alexey Malashenko, Scholar-in-Residence, Carnegie Center, Moscow and Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations  Russia is trying to preserve its influence in Central Asia, and for a few years has actively promoted integrative strategies in the framework of the Customs Union, and the Eurasian Union project.  Sofar these structures are dominated mostly by the bilateral Russia-Kazakhstan relationship, while… Continue reading Russian Policy Toward Central Asia: Tools for Integration and Arguments for Security Involvement