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The concept of Central Asia being a geographical pivot of history was first introduced to public in 1904 by sir Halford John Mackinder. Nowadays geopolitical schemes are still based on the “geographical” part of that idea. We can argue a lot about the ...
... sign an agreement on the creation of a consolidated Anti Aircraft Defense System. Initially the CSTO AA/anti-missile system was supposed to comprise the East European zone to be covered by Air Defense Forces of Russia and Belarus, and the Caucasus and Central Asian zones of Air Defense. Corresponding agreements with Belarus and Armenia on consolidated air defense were signed quite a while ago, and hitherto outstanding issues with Central Asian allies have been addressed over recent months. The remarkable ...
... Organization, in which Islamabad has observer status, something Kabul is eager to obtain. Combining the efforts of several countries is the only way to normalize the situation in Afghanistan. If this fails, the instability there could spread across Central Asia, which borders Russia. Any loss of balance in Afghanistan, Pakistan or in the Central Asian vicinity would also upset the Democrats' foreign policy strategy, and cooperation with Russia would be likely to minimize the ensuing damage. 1 . ...
... takes place. The irony is that it is relatively cheap to arrange this kind of “revolution.” It is even cheaper than a regular parliamentary election campaign (the parliament in Kyrgyzstan is and has long been more influential than in other Central Asian states). Therefore it is not difficult for anyone unhappy with the current power distribution to trigger another “revolution.” That is exactly what happened on October 3, 2012: Parliament members representing the southern areas ...
On December 5, RIAC held expert meeting " Russian Interests in Central Asia and Measures for their Realization – Discussion of Final Report ". Opened by Vitaly Naumkin, Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, the discussion was moderated by chief researcher Irene Zvyagelskaya and researcher Stansilav ...
An expert conference, “ Russia’s Interests in Central Asia and Mapping out Measures to Promote them ”, was convened at the RIAC on 29 October 2012. The conference was opened by RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov and Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences,...
On September 13, a Russian-British seminar dedicated to the analysis of the changing situation in Afghanistan and Central Asia was held at King’s College (London). The purpose of the seminar was to exchange opinions about the situation in the region, discuss common interests of Russia and the UK in this sector. A well-known researcher and journalist Professor ...
Summer School “ The situation in Central Asia: security, economy, human development ” in Yekaterinburg ended on August 27, 2012. This event was organized by Russian International Affairs Council (NPP RIAC) in partnership with The Urals Federal University named after the first ...
Water-Energy Problems in Central Asia Aggravation of the water and energy problem (WEP) in Central Asia in the 1990s-2000s is the result of the transition from one energy and water exchange system, created in the Soviet time under the control from Moscow, to new relations in ...
How does the “Islamic factor” influence migration flows coming to Russia? Even a few years back while specialists in Islamic studies, ethnologists, demographers and other scholars dealing with the problems of Central Asia were talking about the correlation between the “Islamic factor” and labor migration in Russia, practitioners, officers of the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) for example, shrugged their shoulders and asked: “What’s the connection ...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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