Emerging Forms of Pax Sinica in Tajikistan and Cambodia
In recent years, Tajikistan has made a habit of parading its new Chinese weapons systems. With perennial concerns over...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Emerging Forms of Pax Sinica in Tajikistan and Cambodia
A nation must think before it acts.
Uzbekistan
Central Asian Gas Exports to China: Beijing’s Latest Bargaining Chip?
Natural gas supplies to the People’s Republic of China have helped drive Central Asia’s economic growth for the last...
Central Asia’s Force Majeure Fears: Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on China’s Natural Gas Supply Demands
China’s COVID-19 outbreak has seen Beijing’s demand for natural gas stutter, after years of breakneck expansion. In February, China's...
Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan: Democratization or Authoritarian Upgrading?
Uzbekistan is undergoing a remarkable transformation. After decades of repression and isolation under President Islam Karimov, who died in...
More Politics than Substance: Three Years of Russian and Chinese Economic Cooperation in Central Asia
Over three years ago, in May 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that they...
Armenia’s Everlasting Protest and Its Resonance in Post-Soviet States
The past July marked yet another summer of unrest in Armenia. However, unlike the protests of 2015 dubbed “Electric...