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 all eyes focused on Ukraine, recent developments in the South Caucasus have gone largelyContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #90”
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The New Great Game Round-Up #88
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 “Euromaidan Revolution” was a resounding success. In fact, it was so successful that theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #88”
The New Great Game Round-Up #86
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 end of last month, U.S. President Barack Obama made history with his three-dayContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #86”
The New Great Game Round-Up #83
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”
The New Great Game Round-Up #78
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 October, a suicide bombing struck the Chechen capital Grozny, reminding theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #78”
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 #3 – Afghan Withdrawal, Kyrgyz Maidan & Trouble in Georgia
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I talk all things Afghanistan: the booming opium production, Turkmenistan's invasion, NATO's “withdrawal” and China's growing role in the war-torn country. We also examine the possibility of a Euromaidan-style color revolution in Kyrgyzstan and the sacking of Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, which caused aContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #3 – Afghan Withdrawal, Kyrgyz Maidan & Trouble in Georgia”
The New Great Game Round-Up #76
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. So-called color revolutions have long been used by the United States to replace governments allContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #76”
The New Great Game Round-Up #74
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. Russia's southern neighbor und staunch NATO ally Georgia has been hitting the headlines on aContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #74”
The New Great Game Round-Up #73
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 performing a pilgrimage to Mecca and holding talks with King Abdullah and other high-levelContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #73”