CIS at crossroads: the shift in geo-political dynamics
2016 was out of the ordinary year. The ‘skittish’ Donald Trump got elected as the 45th President of the United States. Britain voted to...
SARS –an Unusual National Security Foe: Success of Central Asia Countries in Stemming COVID-19
Authors: Sayfiddin Juraev and Gregory Gleason*
As the features of the virus which causes the corona pandemic are emerging with greater clarity, we are beginning...
Russia vs China
Cooperation between Russia and China has deep historical roots, and its earliest manifestations can be found already during the Chinese civil war. It seems...
Chechnya: The ethno political flashpoint plaguing a former Super power
Authors: Subhranil Ghosh & Sayantan Bandyopadhyay*
Chechnya is a minuscule North Caucasian landmass of around 17000 square kilometres which comprises a small fraction of Russia’s...
Why Central Asian Jihadists are Inspired by the US-Taliban Agreement?
Central Asian Jihadists Congratulate Taliban and Threaten Five ‘Stans’
Al-Qaeda-backed Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi groups were highly encouraged by the US-Taliban agreement which was signed in...
Humanitarian Aid vs Sanctions
On the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia seeks lifting sanctions. It is already clear to everyone that unprecedented world crisis is approaching, which...
Russia-China relations: Engagement abilities in managing their differences in Central Asia
Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow and Beijing have converted their relationship from being Cold War rivals to become realistic partners...
Coronavirus: A blessing in disguise
Last week,
many universities and colleges in Europe and other countries canceled classes
and moved to online instruction amid coronavirus fears
as the authorities are trying to check the spread of the...
Russia’s Shift from “Greater Europe” to “Greater Asia”
When the Ukraine crisis broke out in 2014, political analysts pointed
out, quite rightly, that Russia without Ukraine would become more Asian. With
the country’s borders...
Strategic Partnership, Arctic-Style: How Russia and China Play the Game
Russian-Chinese technical-military cooperation in the 1990s started
when the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) initiated large-scale
rearmament based on Russian technologies. About 80% of Russian armaments...