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. Afghanistan Rehabilitates the 'Butcher of Kabul' After months of talks and several setbacks, the AfghanContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up: October 3, 2016”
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Porkins Great Game: Episode #13 – Fethullah Gülen Lives
On this episode of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on the recent Four-Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh. We briefly go over the history of the conflict before taking a closer look at the latest escalation and the various regional and global actors that could be pulled into the conflict. In our second segmentContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #13 – Fethullah Gülen Lives”
Georgia Now Wants Gas From Russia & Iran
On September 25, Georgian footballer-turned-energy minister Kakha Kaladze met with Gazprom’s Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller in Brussels to discuss Russian gas supplies to Georgia and the transit of Russian gas to Armenia. Understandably, the meeting raised a few eyebrows. Two weeks later, Kaladze shocked the West and neighboring Azerbaijan, when he announced that GeorgiaContinue reading “Georgia Now Wants Gas From Russia & Iran”
The New Great Game Round-Up #112
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. Islamabad's recent offer to bring the Taliban to the negotiation table for renewed peace talksContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #112”
The New Great Game Round-Up #109
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. With the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine dominating the headlines, the latest escalation of theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #109”
The New Great Game Round-Up #102
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 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the entire country was widely celebratedContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #102”
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 #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”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #7 – ‘Gladio B’ Extravaganza
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent “revelation” that insurgents in the North Caucasus were supported by U.S. intelligence in Azerbaijan. Afterwards, we talk about China’s new terror hot spot Guangzhou and Turkey’s Uyghur adventures, which are now being exposed due to the powerContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #7 – ‘Gladio B’ Extravaganza”
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