The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Western media coverage after the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the “unrivalled parade of political hypocrisy,”Continue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #84”
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The New Great Game Round-Up #83
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, was rocked by several terrorist attacksContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #83”
The New Great Game Round-Up #82
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Since the end of 2013, Turkey has been engulfed in a relentless power struggle betweenContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #82”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #4 – Start of the Third Chechen War
In our first episode of 2015, Pearse and I talk about the most recent attack in the Chechen capital of Grozny and explain why Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov targeted Ukraine und Turkey in response to the attack. We examine Turkey's role in U.S.-NATO terror operations and take a look at the capture of topContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #4 – Start of the Third Chechen War”
The New Great Game Round-Up #81
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. After 13 years of death and destruction, the United States and NATO “formally” ended theirContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #81”
The New Great Game Round-Up #80
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. At the end of last year, the Volgograd bombings highlighted that Russia is still strugglingContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #80”
The New Great Game Round-Up #79
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. While U.S. President Barack Obama is still trying to convince the public that Russia isContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #79”
The New Great Game Round-Up #78
The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. At the beginning of October, a suicide bombing struck the Chechen capital Grozny, reminding theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #78”
Gladio B and the Battle for Eurasia
Studium Generale Groningen recently hosted a lecture series on “The Battle for Resources,” which ended with an excellent presentation by James Corbett on Operation Gladio B. In this presentation, James Corbett lifts the lid on Gladio B, its covert operatives, and the secret battle for the Eurasian heartland (transcript and sources):
Porkins Great Game: Episode #3 – Afghan Withdrawal, Kyrgyz Maidan & Trouble in Georgia
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I talk all things Afghanistan: the booming opium production, Turkmenistan's invasion, NATO's “withdrawal” and China's growing role in the war-torn country. We also examine the possibility of a Euromaidan-style color revolution in Kyrgyzstan and the sacking of Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, which caused aContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #3 – Afghan Withdrawal, Kyrgyz Maidan & Trouble in Georgia”