Turkey and Russia Find Common Ground While War in Syria Keeps Raging
T he Syrian civil war has been raging for close to six years, fueled by a tangled web of alliances, the regional ambitions...
Astana 2017: Kazakhstan’s City on a Hill
Kazakhstan, a country with immense oil wealth but relatively little global influence, has recently been trying to convert its wealth into influence. The successful...
China’s Silk Road Looks to Revive its Economic Fortunes
On January 18 a locomotive with 34 carriages pulled into Barking Rail Freight Terminal in London’s east end. Normally, this would not be in...
Uzbekistan to Create Own Military-Industrial Complex by 2022
As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the creation of Uzbekistan as an independent state, newly elected president Shavkat Mirziyoyev declared his intention...
Central Asia: An Unlikely Source of Extremism
The New Year’s attack on the upscale Reina nightclub in central Istanbul that killed 39 and injured some 70 people is still under intense...
Reset Button: What Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Election Means for Uzbekistan’s Domestic and Regional Future
A s Uzbekistan headed for the polls on December 4 to choose a successor for longtime strongman Islam Karimov, his prime minister...