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Geostrategy and military competition in the Korean Peninsula
The political-strategic priorities of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation and the United States had conferred high geostrategic value to the Korean Peninsula in the North-East Pacific Scenario. In this region, since the totalitarian regime of North Korea hardly coexists with a Western-type State of South Korea, military assets play a fundamental role.
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Pakistan strategy in the Caspian Sea between Iran and Azerbaijan
Islamabad strategy in the Eurasian geopolitical chessboard aims at strengthening cooperation with Iran and Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea to create a transit corridor that might boost Pakistani import-export and commercial trade in the region.
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China and Kyrgyzstan strengthened security cooperation
The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan and China discussed implementing security cooperation to contrast terrorism, extremism, and separatism in the region and counter organised crime and illicit traffic. Since Kyrgyzstan play a decisive role in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing has economically supported the Kyrgyz economy and national development as the domestic security…
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Fundamentals of SpecialEurasia geopolitical model
SpecialEurasia has elaborated its geopolitical model to support daily activities and produce reports, risk assessments, analyses, and support the decision-making process.
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Geopolitics of UAE investments in Central Asia
The United Arab Emirates are among the Gulf countries the most active in Central Asia, as demonstrated by the participation of an Emirati business delegation at the International Business Forum Dushanbe-Invest 2021. Abu Dabhi’s investments in Tajikistan highlight Emirati strategy in the country and, generally speaking, in Central Asia to exploit economic opportunities and investment…
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Uzbekistan and the Taliban discussed joint projects
The recent meetings between Uzbek and Taliban official representatives organised to discuss humanitarian assistance and joint economic and infrastructural projects underline Tashkent’s strategy to establish relations with the Taliban government to stabilise its borders and promote an economic partnership considered as necessary for the security and stability of the region.
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Azerbaijan-Iran crisis and Tehran-Yerevan’s new transit route
The growing tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan (backed by Turkey) might destabilise the Caucasus and create problems for the transit corridors which cross the region. In this context, to counter the Azerbaijani project of the Zangezur transit corridor, Tehran might establish a new transportation route with Armenia.
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Kazakhstan and UAE strengthened their economic partnership
The recent intergovernmental agreement on implementing joint projects between the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan underlined the Emirati strategic interests in the Central Asian market characterised since Abu Dhabi has conspicuously invested in regional infrastructural projects.
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German investments in Uzbek energy sector
Since the Republic of Uzbekistan aims at becoming the energy epicentre of Central Asia by establishing a series of energy production infrastructure and, consequently, attracting foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country, Germany has shown its interests as confirmed by the recent 1,1 billion euro agreement between German banks and Uzbekneftegaz to expand the capacity…
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The effect of terrorism in Afghanistan on Russian-Tajik relations
The recent terrorist attack in Kunduz alarmed Tajikistan and Russia on the stability and security of the Afghan-Tajik borders and the Taliban ability to counter Islamic State and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan. In this framework, Moscow and Dushanbe are seeking to enhance their cooperation in the security field, confirming the Russian strategy to play…
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Iran-Russia cooperation might support Tehran’s foreign strategy in Eurasia
The meeting between the Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Amir Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov highlights that Iran seeks to strengthen its cooperation with Russia to support its new foreign policy based on regional cooperation and commercial trade.
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How Afghanistan is influencing the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan cooperation
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are intensifying their cooperation in different fields to create a strong partnership in Central Asia. Ashgabat and Tashkent are also interested in creating a joint partnership in connection with the recent developments in Afghanistan to secure their countries and boost their economies.
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Geostrategy and military competition in the Mediterranean Sea
The geostrategic importance that the Mediterranean Sea has assumed in recent years can be traced back to the political-strategic priorities defined by Russia, the United States and some of its allies (Italy, Spain, France), identifiable as the states most militarily active within some regions of this geo-maritime space.
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A San Marino si parla del rafforzamento dei rapporti russo-sammarinesi
Il giorno 7 ottobre 2021 a San Marino il partito politico Libera organizzerà un evento volto ad analizzare e promuovere le relazioni tra il Titano e il Cremlino a seguito della recente visita in Russia del Segretario di Stato agli Esteri della Repubblica di San Marino Luca Beccari e del suo incontro con il Ministro…
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Sogno Georgiano vince le elezioni amministrative tra polemiche e agitazione
Le elezioni in Georgia da poco concluse e caratterizzate da un forte fermento mediatico e dall’arresto dell’ex presidente Mikhail Saakashvili hanno confermato la leadership del paese del partito Sogno Georgiano con circa il 48% dei voti, dato che supera la simbolica barriera di sbarramento del 43% considerata da molti come una sorta di barometro sulla…