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Outflanking Iran: The Salman Canal Proposal
The Riyadh-based Arab Century Center for Studies published a report last month that calls for a 950km canal to be built through Saudi Arabia...
Global Firepower in the Caspian: A Comparative Analysis
The following compilation, piggy-backing on the overwhelming positive response given from the last edition of the Caspian Project where Caspian littorals were compared within...
An Islamic Cold War: Navigating the Iranian-Saudi Relationship
Could Iran and Saudi Arabia’s willingness to use fellow Middle Eastern nations, like Syria and Yemen, as proxies in their conflicts against one another...
Taking a Stand: Foreign Militaries 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...
Dethroning the ‘Dollar Dictatorship’
Authors: Dr. Matthew Crosston , Andy Deahn Russian President Vladimir Putin has loudly projected that his nation and the other Caspian nations will leave...
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...
Hic Dracones: Corruption across the Caspian
Corruption is an issue and dilemma for every country in the world. No state is immune. No culture has developed a vaccine. Despite this,...
The Dark Side of the Caspian: Despair and Death in Human-trafficking
The Caspian region presents individuals with an array of options for those seeking better opportunities. Unfortunately nefarious individuals are well aware of people’s hopes...
The Persian Lion Still Roars
Why does Iran still harbor such distrust and animosity towards the United States? This question is a key factor for understanding the continuous failures...
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...