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Articles and Blog Posts
The Scramble for Eurasia
Russia – in the long run – is in decline and should rethink its policies towards the Former Soviet Union.
Northeast Asia Security Initiative to Bolster U.S. Interests in the Region
BY DONG YON KIM (Op-Ed Contributor) While South Korea fights with Japan over the economy and past history, the Sino-Russian alliance — joined by North Korea — is getting stronger, forming an unofficial trilateral alliance in the region. China and Russia intruded South Korea’s Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) last July
The Turkish Food Economy is Stalling
BY ELANUR URAL Turkey’s economy is suffering. Consumer inflation is stuck above a 20% rate, and unemployment has increased by over 30% since 2012.[1][2] The Lira dipped down to one-seventh of the U.S. dollar in August of 2018; it is currently at almost one-sixth of the dollar value.[3][4] Food and
The Aral Sea and a Reforming Uzbekistan
BY AUSTEN DOWELL While other man-made disasters like the Chernobyl meltdown or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill often command greater name-recognition, the slow death of the Aral Sea is undoubtedly one of history’s most heartbreaking instances of human hubris and ignorance. However, the Mirziyoyev administration’s “Uzbekistan’s Development Strategy for 2017-2021”[1]