False Promise: How the Turkish-Russian Dilemma Unmasks NATO
There is no shortage of security threats to the NATO alliance: a resurgent and militarily active Russia; the territorial and global jihadist threat of...
Russia’s Caspian Flotilla outflanks the US Military
The past month has seen increasing tensions between Washington and Moscow over the Syria-Assad-DAESH nexus of seemingly perpetual conflict. This tension has not been...
Outflanking Iran: The Salman Canal Proposal
The Riyadh-based Arab Century Center for Studies published a report last month that calls for a 950km canal to be built through Saudi Arabia...
Caviar Diplomacy: Working the US-Azerbaijan Relationship to Freedom’s Detriment
Ideally located between George Washington University, my office at the Eastern Congo Initiative, and the White House is a $12 million mansion owned by...
The Rise of South-South Development
In an era when we all seek an alternative, from foods to music to lifestyle, it should come as no surprise that the international...
Kazakhstan & WTO: End of an Odyssey or New Leap Forward?
Kazakhstan applied to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January of 1996. Twenty long years later (July 27, 2015), President Nazarbayev signed the...
“Pyrrhic Sovereignty” – The Treasure of the Tengiz
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes - or so goes the adage. This is at play in the Caspian today as...
KHORASAN: Where DAESH, Caspian Energy, and Great Power Politics Meet
The word on the street in Afghanistan is that the United States created DAESH to be a problem for Russia, China, and Iran. While...