Search: Afghanistan,Central Asia,Turkmenistan (2 materials)

Envisioning Opportunities for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in and with Central Asia

The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...

27.04.2019

Post-Soviet Turkmenistan: A Little-Known Present and an Uncertain Future

... Turkmenistan may be forced to abandon its neutral status. Turkmenistan tries to minimize contact with other external players and will try to continue this policy for as long as possible. The best-case scenario involves mitigating regional risks in Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. This would create a favourable environment in which to reduce risks within Turkmenistan as well as the construction of the TAPI pipeline. This scenario would also entail deescalating the confrontation between Russia and the West, as well as the standoff between Iran and the West. This would create the right conditions to build ...

10.02.2017

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