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,… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
BY NICHOLAS FLETCHER India and Russia have enjoyed a relatively amicable relationship since the signing of the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, which was spurred by the US-China… read more →
BY SEAN CROWLEY Last week, President Donald J. Trump called for the creation of a sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces – the Space Force. As of now,… read more →
BY NICHOLAS FLETCHER Russia and China have had a stable working relationship for some time now, based on mutual economic needs and a “don’t attack me, I won’t attack you”… read more →
BY AUSTEN DOWELL Neighbors Tajikistan and Uzbekistan seem to be close to reaching an understanding on one of the issues that has most plagued the relationship between these two countries… read more →
BY DAVIT SAHAKYAN (Op-Ed Contributor) This week’s G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec was less about highlighting the common grounds among the world’s leading nations and more about trying to conceal… read more →
BY SIDNEY BALABAN A formidable Soviet project, the Farhod Hydropower Plant (HPP), stands immovable on the border of Northern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in the Spitamen District of the Sughd Province.… read more →
BY SIDNEY BALABAN The Kasan-Sai Reservoir is located at the western end of Kyrgyzstan — a little over 3 miles away from the Uzbekistan border — in the Ferghana Valley… read more →