Central Asia: South Asia Energy Project a Pipe Dream?
Copyright show: No In early June, a newspaper in Pakistan announced the Asian Development Bank would withdraw from a much-anticipated energy transmission project that aims to connect Central and South...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Courting Enhanced Pakistani Support
Copyright show: No While Turkey remains Azerbaijan’s chief strategic partner, officials in Baku are taking steps to upgrade relations with Pakistan. The diplomatic push is part of Baku’s plan to...
View ArticleTaliban Infighting Escalating In Afghanistan and Pakistan
Copyright show: Hide copyrights The Taliban organizations in Pakistan and Afghanistan are undergoing unprecedented divisions that pose both new opportunities and challenges for the two neighbors...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Making a Case for Addressing the Pashtun Question
Copyright show: No Eurasianet Book Review For more than a century, British colonial writings have been the main source of Western information about Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan...
View ArticleKremlin Convenes Anti-Western Gatherings
Copyright show: No Russia kicked off three days of high-level summitry on July 8, hosting leaders of several Asian and developing countries that it hopes will form the foundation of a new, non-Western...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Measuring the Geopolitical Impact of the Bishkek Bombing
Copyright show: No While attention in Central Asia in late August was fixated on the looming leadership transition in Uzbekistan, another event with even greater potential to reshape the region...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Nomad Games Looking to Gain Legitimacy
Editors' Picks: No DSC_4193.jpgImagine if the Olympic Games were held in Genghis Khan’s day – with fields full of galloping archers, competitive birds of prey, horse races and wrestling, and of...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Traveling the Great Game Borderlands
Copyright show: No EurasiaNet Photo Story Three of Central Asia’s republics, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, border Afghanistan along a frontier agreed to by Russia and Britain during the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Ties with Pakistan Focusing on Arms and Energy
Copyright show: No Azerbaijan’s diplomatic contacts with Pakistan have intensified over the past year, with a particular focus on military and energy cooperation. But it remains unclear to what degree...
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan Extend Reach of SCO to Half the World
Copyright show: No After years of speculation about their accession, India and Pakistan have finally been admitted as full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, broadening the geopolitical...
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