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. Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his nemesis Mikheil Saakashvili have left Georgian politicsContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #113”
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The New Great Game Round-Up #111
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. New Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor faced a lot of opposition within the movement, whenContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #111”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #10 – Rebellion in Tajikistan
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I take a look at the rebellion of Tajikistan's former Deputy Defense Minister Abduhalim Nazarzoda and explain how this is being exploited by the Tajik authorities to crush the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). After giving a few updates on the situation in Afghanistan,Continue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #10 – Rebellion in Tajikistan”
The New Great Game Round-Up #110
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 Taliban shocked the world by seizing the northern Afghan provincial capital of Kunduz,Continue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #110”
The New Great Game Round-Up #108
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 last week, the leaders of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan andContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #108”
The New Great Game Round-Up #105
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. As the situation in northern Afghanistan deteriorates further, the neighboring Central Asian states as wellContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #105”
The New Great Game Round-Up #104
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. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is now fighting on multiple fronts after the neo-Nazis from PravyiContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #104”
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