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• Central Asia in the Geopolitics of Iran

  

  Last Monday, the foreign ministers of Iran, Oman, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan signed in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, an agreement on the establishment... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Russian Ruble: Eurasia’s Future Common Currency?

  

  On October 3, 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made headlines by putting forward the idea of a Eurasian Union including several post-Soviet states. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• The Geostrategic Significance of South Ossetia

  

  During a recent visit to the headquarters of the Russian 58th army in Vladikavkaz, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the 2008 South Ossetia War... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Russia’s Top Secret Bases

  

  Over 400 modern ground- and sea-based ICBMs, 8 ballistic missile submarines, about 20 general purpose attack submarines, over 50 surface ships and some 100... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• The Polish-Lithuanian Diplomatic War and Its Possible Consequences

  

  It is diplomatic war between Warsaw and Vilnius after Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is reported to have taken a swipe at Poland during a visit to the... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• The Azerbaijan Navy in the Caspian Arms Race

  

  Created in July 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Azerbaijan Navy (Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri) is considered the second strongest in th... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Eurossiya: Genesis of an Empire from the Atlantic to the Pacific

  

  “We propose the creation of a harmonious economic community stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok.” With these words, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Yakutia: the Treasury of Russia

  

  Russia’s third-largest crude oil producing company Surgutneftegaz said on Tuesday it had launched production at a greenfield in East Siberia, a region crucial... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Azerbaijan: NATO’s Next Member?

  

  On Thursday, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza has completed his diplomatic mission to the country. Speaking at a press conference held to review hi... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Karakalpakstan: Uzbekistan’s Latent Conflict

  

  Last week, the Russian oil company Lukoil announced to have coaxed the first natural gas out of its South West Gissar development in Uzbekistan. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Union State of Russia and Belarus: a Military Union?

  

  “Without Russia, Belarus is nothing”. With this title, the English web version of the Russian newspaper Pravda published this week an article on the economic... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Terrorism: ISI’s Secret Empire in Central Asia

  

  Last January 14, in his congratulatory message on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Uzbekistan’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Dagestan: the Geopolitical Importance of Russia’s Southernmost Republic

  

  On Friday evening, Russian security forces clashed with separatist militias in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, leaving four service members and five... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Bulgaria and the Eurasian Union: Back to the USSR?

  

  As of January 1, 2012, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are part of a Common Economic Space (CES). The regional integration of the post-Soviet space has always... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Iran’s Role in the Geopolitics of Greater Russia

  

  When Peter the Great started the Azov Campaigns against the Tartars, in 1695, his aim was to give Russia access to the Black Sea. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Crimea and the Black Sea Fleet in Russian Geopolitics

  

  Ukraine’s recent decision to allow Russia to modernize its Black Sea Fleet raised once again the question about how long the Russian Navy will stay in... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• The Whole Azerbaijan Envisaged by Stalin

  

  Despite the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, de facto independent from 1994, Azerbaijan is still the largest and most populated among the former Soviet republics of th... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Kaliningrad: Russia’s Anti-shield Base?

  

  On Thursday, General Nikolai Makarov, Russia’s most senior military commander, warned NATO that if it proceeded with its missile defence system in Europe, Mosco... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SOCIETY