Uyghur disenfranchisement is played upon to foment Islamic radicalism and political separatist sentiment. The East Turkestan Islamic movement seeking to wrest Xinjiang from China’s control offers a number of parallels to the shadowy “Al Qaeda” terror organization, including a mysterious leader living in a secret mountain base in Pakistan’s lawless border region and, as FBIContinue reading “BFP EyeOpener Report – The Real Roots of Xinjiang Terror”
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The New Great Game Round-Up #50
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 this week, the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey gathered inContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #50”
The New Great Game Interviews
As regular readers of the New Great Game will know, China’s terror problem was highlighted by several high-profile terrorist attacks in recent weeks. In order to provide some necessary context, I joined James Corbett of the Corbett Report to talk about Washington’s East Turkestan project. Afterwards, Pepe Escobar explained the social and economic background ofContinue reading “The New Great Game Interviews”
The New Great Game Round-Up #49
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. On April 27, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, whereContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #49”
The New Great Game Round-Up #48
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 tensions are mounting in eastern Ukraine after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had instructedContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #48”
The New Great Game Round-Up #47
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. Although the U.S.-backed Gülen movement has tried to topple Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #47”
The New Great Game Round-Up #46
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. Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized in his letter to European leaders that there will beContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #46”
The New Great Game Round-Up #45
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. Thanks to the Ukraine crisis, the Cold War military alliance NATO does not need toContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #45”
The New Great Game Round-Up #44
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 the party of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had lost power in the 2012Continue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #44”
The New Great Game Round-Up #43
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. Numerous reports about the death of Russia's most wanted terrorist, Doku Umarov, have surfaced overContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #43”