“War Without Borders”: Washington Intensifies Push Into Central Asia
By Rick Rozoff A recent editorial on the website of Voice of America reflected on last year being one in which the United States solidified relations with the five former Soviet republics in Central...
View ArticleRobert Kaplan on the New New Great Game
The U.S. can maintain its global primacy if it (among other things) plays Russia off China, India, Iran and Turkey off Russia and Turkey off Iran. That’s the analysis of globe-spinner extraordinaire...
View ArticleVERY INTERESTING” LEAK”- Resurfaced-The Map of the “New Middle East”
patriotfreedom.org The Map of the “New Middle East” by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya A relatively unknown map of the Middle East, NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been circulating around...
View ArticleTurkmenistan to boost gas deliveries to China
AP ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Energy-hungry China is set to sign an agreement with the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan later this year to boost its future annual natural gas purchases by 20...
View ArticleRussia warns the West against interference: Medvedev suggests that revolts in...
globalresearch Moscow is concerned that the turmoil in the Arab world aggravated by western interference may destabilise Russia’s restive North Caucasus and former Soviet Central Asia -Although Russian...
View ArticleChina-Russia relations and the United States: At a turning point?
rian By Dr. Richard Weitz Since the end of the Cold War, the improved political and economic relationship between Beijing and Moscow has affected a range of international security issues. China and...
View ArticleAnti-locust programme in Central Asia and Caucasus
reliefweb 19 May 2011, Rome – FAO will assist ten countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus to save up to 25 million hectares of cultivated farmland from a locust crisis. Locusts are a serious threat...
View ArticleIran’s largest lake turning to salt
yahoo AP/Vahid Salemi An Iranian family walks on the solidified salts of Oroumieh Lake. More photos » OROUMIEH LAKE, Iran – From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential...
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