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Central Asia
Russia and Armenia sign combined forces agreement
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vigen Sargsyan signed an agreement on establishing combined forces. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the group would include Russia’s military base in Armenia, as well as units of the Armenian armed forces, Sputnik reports. The Defense ministers also signed a…
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Central Asia
Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan
Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping…
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East Asia
What to Expect from the New American President Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Greg R. Lawson – Contributing Analyst, Wikistrat In light of the surprising election of Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States, leaders around the world are scrambling to determine what this means for their own national interests. On one hand, this is an entirely…
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Central Asia
Hydropower Plant Discussions in Central Asia
Akmaral SABATAR, The MagazineN, Kyrgyzstan The Rogun Hydropower Plant (HPP) is being constructed on the Vakhsh River in the Pamir Mountain, Tajikistan. The dam will be the world’s tallest one and will provide the country a stable energy supply. Emomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, joined the opening ceremonies of…
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Central Asia
Turkmenistan and Georgia to promote joint transport projects
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov discussed the further cooperation prospects at the meeting with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary state news agency reported, Trend published. Stressing that Georgia plays an important role in the integration of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, President Margvelashvili confirmed the…
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Central Asia
KPK-Baluchistan lawmakers divulge CPEC a future hub of world trade
By Nazir Siyal – KARACHI (Pakistan) The CPEC (China–Pakistan Economic Corridor) a window of opportunity for rest of the world after strategic role of the Chinese government that remained a friend of Pakistan always stood with at every critical juncture, whereas, Russia and other countries have now revealed interest in…
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Central Asia
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East Asia
Beijing must adapt to unusual US-Russia ties
Liu Ying (Global Times, People’s Daily) The direction of US-Russia relations under Donald Trump’s leadership has become a hot topic recently. Although normal official channels of collaboration between Moscow and Washington have been closed, the two have been seeking other ways to ease bilateral tensions. Since the end of 2013,…
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan wants to rename the Capital after President
Kazakh legislators proposed renaming the country’s capital after President Nursultan Nazarbayev in honor of his contributions as head of state for the past 25 years. Report informs citing TASS, a group of MPs has made a relevant draft law. The draft on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, also, proposes…
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South Asia
Where did Somonids (Samanids) Rulers of Bukhara Disappear?
Sultan Ismail Samani established the foundations of ruling Sammanid dynasty in Bukhara which ruled from 875 to 1004 AD over regions of Central Asia that now comprise modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. The tomb of Sultan Ismoil (Ismail as spelled in the Middle East) with its Zoroastrian and…
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