Preparing for the Russia- Africa Summit
On March
19, under the Chairmanship of Yury Ushakov, an Aide to the Russian President
Vladimir Putin, the Organizing Committee on Russia-Africa held its first
meeting in...
The Track to Prosperity
The world
is rebalancing and one of the key gears of this shift is that the tide has
turned towards eastern hemisphere. The world is being...
Leaders of Russia: A Hidden Russian Program that should not be hidden
My experience and commitment to the study
of Russia and the Post-Soviet space extends far beyond more than half of my
life. It encapsulates my entire...
Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The massive Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways,
seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian
continent. The BRI...
Kazakh police raid raises spectre of China’s long arm
A police raid on a
Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s north-western
province of Xinjiang is...
Walking a Chinese tightrope: Kazakh quiet diplomacy produces limited results
The Kazakh government, in defense of Kazakh and by
implication Central Asian behind-closed-doors diplomacy towards China in the
face of mounting domestic pressure, has offered a...
Russia’s Policy, Africa and the Female Drivers
International Women's Day, observed worldwide on March
8, is primarily to recognize and highlight women's role, achievements and
challenges in society. A number of Russian women...
Putin’s African Dream and the New Dawn
In a February decree posted to the official portal of legal information,
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed his aide Yuri Ushakov to chair
the organizing...
The Death of the ‘Lisbon to Vladivostok’ Project?
Russian relations with Europe are part of a complicated story rooted in military, economic and often ideological realms. Both entities have for centuries tried...
Transformation of Uzbekistan: How smooth transition in elite class is reshaping the country
Within the nations of the former USSR, serious transformations are accompanied by distress – active power struggles, revolutions, and outbreaks of separatism. However, today,...