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”
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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”
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 #2 – Crisis in the Caucasus and Mysterious Crashes
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I discuss briefly the appointment of Jens Stoltenberg as new Secretary General of NATO before we move on to the conflicts brewing in the Caucasus region. We talk about the significance of this month's suicide bombing in the Chechen capital Grozny as well as Russia'sContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #2 – Crisis in the Caucasus and Mysterious Crashes”
The New Great Game Round-Up #69
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 the five Caspian littoral states gatheredContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #69”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #1 – ISIS is everywhere in Central Asia
The wait is finally over: The new podcast series produced by Pearse Redmond and me, Porkins Great Game, is now up and running! This new podcast will deal exclusively with Central Asia and the Caucasus region, and will explore the various geopolitical machinations that compose the “New Great Game.” Porkins Great Game will be aContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #1 – ISIS is everywhere in Central Asia”
"The Lone Gladio" reveals Washington’s strategy for winning the New Great Game
Sibel Edmonds‘ new novel The Lone Gladio takes the reader on an exciting journey across the globe from Northern Cyprus and Azerbaijan to Southeast Asia and the belly of the beast in the United States. As seemingly disconnected plot strands are brilliantly woven together, we get to see how one of the most important clandestineContinue reading “"The Lone Gladio" reveals Washington’s strategy for winning the New Great Game”