Putin: Cleaning Up an American Mess
The recent appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin before the UN was a command performance for any Western analyst who wants a deeper and...
How International Sanctions Helped Putin at Home
The United States imposed sanctions on Russia in response to the annexation of Crimea and subsequent involvement in the war in Ukraine. The sanctions...
Chessboard Strategy: Russia and UN Resolution 2117
The Russian government has made great leaps since the collapse of the Soviet Union, “moving from a globally-isolated, centrally-planned economy towards a more market-based...
The West should engage in a course correction strategy with Russia
In the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation felt vulnerable because of the cooperation between the former Soviet states...
Hell’s Conduit: Trafficking through the Caspian
Tajikistan unfortunately has all of the pre-conditions that make trafficking in persons there a perfect opportunity for the growing trade of human commodities. The...
Arctic Geopolitics: Future Conflict beyond the Caspian
Russia is not a littoral nation of just one great body of water in the Caspian. It also has its entire northern expanse along...
Confronting the Double-Edged Sword: Turkmenistan’s Collective Security Dilemma
In early July, naval delegations from Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan met in St. Petersburg to discuss the idea of a collective security system...
Kazakhstan Steering through Troubled Waters
Earlier this year, the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan announced a new campaign called “Invest in Kazakhstan,” which was designed to attract foreign investors....
The Russia-OPEC-America Nexus: Reimagining the Great Oil Game
The geopolitical implication to the sudden fall in oil prices has had broad-reaching ramifications for a number of very powerful countries. Two of those...
Exposing Geopolitical Moral Relativism
With all eyes on Iran, the human rights abuses that continue in the repressive country of Turkmenistan have taken a back seat. Despite pressure...