The shooting down of the Russian plane
A Russian aircraft, a Sukhoi-24, which NATO calls Fencer, the low-flying tactical bomber - an aircraft considered better than our Tornado - was shot...
“Kazakhstan is intended to become a world hub for development of green power”
Last August, Mr. Akhmetzhan Yessimov, a man with a great economic and diplomatic experience and former Akim (Mayor) of Almaty, appointed Chairman of Astana...
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...
Strategic Patience Paid Off: Russian Regional Hegemony in the Caspian
It has been almost one year since the IV Caspian Summit in Astrakhan, Russia, where the presidents of the five Caspian states signed a...
Putin’s Possible Libyan Pivot
The bad cloud that portends a perfect storm continues to build. Perhaps the most serious development on the near horizon is a possible Putin...
Kazakhstan’s Urban Development Struggles with Mono-cities
As Kazakhstan strives to be one of the most 30 developed nations by 2050, Kazakhstan struggles with transforming its economic system, dealing with regional...
Challenging Russia’s Arctic: America’s Uneven Policy
The policy of the United States concerning climate change in the Arctic has been and is one that is ever-changing. Since 2009 there have...
The Cascade Effect: Local Power from Old Soviets to New Russians (1985-2015)
Authors: Matthew Crosston, PhD & Dmitrii Seltser We have undertaken an inter-regional comparison of seven subjects of the Russian Federation: the Ryazan, Samara, Tambov,...
A New Great Game in the Caspian: NATO and Russian Countermeasures
Russia has worked diligently to keep NATO from entering its perceived geostrategic territory, even if that comes at great personal cost to the nation,...
Spilt Milk: The Unintended Consequences of Russian Sanctions
In the United States the Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation (SPI) holds responsibility for the development and implementation of international sanctions. A...