Analysis January 16, 2024 Central Asia’s Middle Corridor Expansion: Opportunity for China and Iran The sustained attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels since November 2023 have... Read more »
Analysis September 28, 2023 Why the West Should Stick with Conventional Arms Control in Europe for Now On May 10, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that marked the end of an era. He... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers July 3, 2023 New Canal Threatens the Peace Between the Taliban and Central Asia When the Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, the Central Asian governments, with the exception of the Tajik government,... Read more »
Analysis February 21, 2023 The Middle Corridor through Central Asia: Trade and Influence Ambitions The “Middle Corridor”—a loosely defined trade route that spans the Central Asian steppe, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers February 17, 2023 Russia Is Down, But Not Out, in Central Asia Russian President Vladimir Putin has long seen Central Asia as Russia’s “most stable region.” He has regularly exerted influence... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers November 14, 2022 Filling the Geopolitical Void in Central Asia Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: The Poorest Countries in Central Asia Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are probably the most dependent on Russia... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers September 20, 2022 Central Asia and China’s Taiwan Dilemma The existence of the Republic of China in Taiwan as a separate entity from the People’s Republic of China... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers September 13, 2022 Europe’s Wait for Turkmen Natural Gas Continues In response to the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, the European Union is moving to wean itself off Russian natural... Read more »
Analysis, Central Asia Papers June 8, 2022 How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine has Affected Kazakh Politics In January, everything changed in Kazakhstan. A series of demonstrations rocked the country, spreading from its oil-rich west to... Read more »
Analysis June 7, 2022 What’s Next for Ukraine’s (and its Neighbors’) Domestic and Foreign Policy? Editor’s Note: This article by FPRI contributor Ecaterina Locoman is a product of a workshop on “The Global Order after... Read more »