More: Geopolitics
“Pyrrhic Sovereignty” – The Treasure of the Tengiz
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes - or so goes the adage. This is at play in the Caspian today as...
Walking a Delicate Geostrategic Line: Azerbaijan’s Role to the U.S. and Russia
Although the Cold War is long over there has still been a large degree of geopolitical competition between the West and Russia. This geopolitical...
America vs. Russia: Bringing a Knife to a Foreign Policy Gunfight
In some ways the United States has played a very strange self-injurious game since 1991 when it comes to Russia. On the one hand,...
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline: Geopolitics Near and Abroad
Russia’s energy control appears to be soon coming to a halt as Caspian members, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, plan on gaining control over vital areas...
The Silk Road Superhighway: Kazakh Transportation as Geopolitics
It is entirely common for a federal government to make budgetary promises to improve infrastructure. Indeed, every country around the world is full with...
The Caucasian Cold War
The phrase ‘Cold War’ typically brings about thoughts of a worldwide geopolitical struggle. However there is a new ‘Cold War’ brewing in the Caucasus...