Tag: Central Asia

Select period from
to
Blinken’s Unwise, Unwarranted Trip to Central Asia
Editor's Сhoice
Blinken’s Unwise, Unwarranted Trip to Central Asia
March 6, 2023

In an effort to gain leverage against Russia and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kazakhstan last week to meet with foreign ministers of the five Central Asian nations.  The United States has no vital national security interests in any of the five Islamic states that have had long-standing ties to Moscow and are heavily reliant on economic assistance from China.

The Second Coming of the Heartland
August 13, 2022

It’s tempting to visualize the overwhelming collective West debacle as a rocket, faster than free fall, plunging into the black void maelstrom of complete socio-political breakdown.

The Second Coming of the Heartland
World
India-Iran Reset Gets Under Way
World
India-Iran Reset Gets Under Way
June 16, 2022

The trend toward multipolarity in the world order made a quantum leap in the past one hundred days.

The ‘New G8’ Meets China’s ‘Three Rings’
June 15, 2022

The coming of the new G8 points to the inevitable advent of BRICS +, one of the key themes to be discussed in the upcoming BRICS summit in China.

The ‘New G8’ Meets China’s ‘Three Rings’
World
Sign up for
the Strategic
Culture Foundation
Newsletter
After Kazakhstan, the Color Revolution Era Is Over
Editor's Сhoice
After Kazakhstan, the Color Revolution Era Is Over
January 14, 2022

What happened in Kazakhstan increasingly looks like a US – Turkish – British – Israeli – led coup d’etat attempt foiled dramatically by their Eurasian adversaries

Kazakhstan… Putting the Xinjiang in Context
January 12, 2022

As America continues to bleat on about human rights in China, it supports and promotes the head-choppers to whom it has granted a franchise, Eamon McKinney writes.

Kazakhstan… Putting the Xinjiang in Context
World
Watching Taliban-Tajikistan Relations
Editor's Сhoice
Watching Taliban-Tajikistan Relations
October 9, 2021

Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant groups, while the Taliban leadership has accused Tajikistan’s government of interference.

Afghanistan’s Impoverished People Live Amid Enormous Riches
October 1, 2021

There is no public indication from the SCO that it would prevent not only cross-border terrorism, but also cross-border smuggling. The largest quantities of heroin and opium from northern Afghanistan go to Tajikistan; untold sums of money are made in the illegal movement of minerals, gemstones, and metals out of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s Impoverished People Live Amid Enormous Riches
Editor's Сhoice
More