Tag: geopolitics

Central Asia at 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward. A Collection of Essays from Central Asia

Central Asia at 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward. A Collection of Essays from Central Asia To reflect over a quarter century of independence, we decided to give the floor to local… Continue reading Central Asia at 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward. A Collection of Essays from Central Asia

“The Art of the Deal”: A New American Approach to Engaging Central Asia?

By Roger Kangas, Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown… Continue reading “The Art of the Deal”: A New American Approach to Engaging Central Asia?

Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey ALEXANDROS PETERSEN – FOREWORD BY ROY ALLISON The South Caucasus has established itself as a corridor for transporting energy from Azerbaijan… Continue reading Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 17, October 2014 By Luca Anceschi A series of key structural factors is likely to prevent Turkmen foreign policy-makers from continuing in its business-as-usual approach. In October 2014 Gazprom… Continue reading Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in Post-Crimea Eurasia

The AKP/Gülen Crisis in Turkey: Consequences for Central Asia and the Caucasus

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 16, April 2014 By Bayram Balci Bayram Balci is a visiting scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on… Continue reading The AKP/Gülen Crisis in Turkey: Consequences for Central Asia and the Caucasus

Flexibility or Strategic Confusion? Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Initiative Papers No. 2, February 2014 By Farkhod Tolipov The foreign policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan has undergone dramatic fluctuations since gaining independence: from being pro-American to being pro-Russian and then back again. This… Continue reading Flexibility or Strategic Confusion? Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan

Eurasian Integration: The Next Stage

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 13, December 2013 By Jeffrey Mankoff Both the structure of the planned Eurasian Economic Union and Moscow’s hardball tactics to persuade neighboring states to join suggest motivations beyond a… Continue reading Eurasian Integration: The Next Stage

Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Nurturing from the Ground Up

Central Asia Fellows Paper No. 1, October 2013 By Aitolkyn Kourmanova Aitolkyn Kourmanova is the head of the private consultancy Central Asia Strategic Management Group based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She specializes in economic… Continue reading Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Nurturing from the Ground Up