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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The New Great Game Round-Up #103
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. Turkey's far-right National Movement Party (MHP) and its paramilitary youth wing, the Grey Wolves, haveContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #103”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #8 – Proxy War in Transnistria
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I discuss the appointment of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region and how this ties in with recent developments surrounding the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria. We also take a look at the European Games in Azerbaijan and OMV's plansContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #8 – Proxy War in Transnistria”
The New Great Game Round-Up #100
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. Every few days, Afghanistan is making headlines due to the deteriorating security situation in theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #100”
The New Great Game Round-Up #99
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 oligarch-turned-President Petro Poroshenko is not very popular among his people but at least his equallyContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #99”
The New Great Game Round-Up #98
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 United States has been bombing Afghan wedding parties for years, it should comeContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #98”
The New Great Game Round-Up #97
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. The disappearance of Colonel Gulmurod Halimov, commander of Tajikistan's Interior Ministry paramilitary squad (OMON), hasContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #97”
The New Great Game Round-Up #96
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. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced last Wednesday during a meeting of the NATO ForeignContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #96”
The New Great Game Round-Up #95
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. Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has been making headlines on a daily basis in recentContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #95”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #6 – Kadyrov-FSB Turf War
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and the ensuing turf war between Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). We also take a look at the Georgia-Ukraine connection and the recent attempt by former Georgian President MikheilContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #6 – Kadyrov-FSB Turf War”
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