The agreement on creating a Free Trade Zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union stressed the rising diplomatic and economic efforts that Tehran and Russia are sustaining to counter Western sanctions and find alternative solutions for their economies and import-export activities.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 27 Issue 2 - In 2023, military escalations, domestic political turmoil, and economic crises might increase Iran and the Caucasus' geopolitical risk and threaten regional security, whose consequences might broadly destabilise the Eurasian strategic chessboard.
Recent violent attacks in Iraq demonstrated that Islamic State continues to pose a severe threat to civilians and security forces, even though the government declared its ‘total defeat’ in 2017.
Zhaparov's official visit to Abu Dhabi confirms Kyrgyzstan's interest in developing an economic partnership with the United Arab Emirates and the Emirati desire to enhance its presence and influence in the Central Asian republic.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is paying an official visit to Saudi Arabia to affirm Beijing's influence in the Gulf and contrast the U.S. presence in the region.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 26 Issue 1 - After the November 13th terrorist bombing attack in Turkey, Ankara started a military operation targeting Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq. While Russia is concentrated on Ukraine and Iran is facing internal turmoil, Turkey is gaining ground in the Middle East.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 25 Issue 8 - Serdar Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to the United Arab Emirates confirms Turkmenistan's interest in expanding ties with the Gulf monarchies and Abu Dhabi's desire to increase its presence in Central Asia.
The mass demonstrations that swept Iran in the past months have subsided significantly, but the protest mood in the country does not fade away. This analysis investigated international interest in Iranian protests and national political parties.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 24 Issue 6 - The Stavropol territory welcomed representatives from the Middle East and Africa in the event "North Caucasus in the Changing World", whose goal was to create a link between the region and potential foreign investors and markets.
The forthcoming first Arab – China summit scheduled in Saudi Arabia confirms Beijing's interests in the Gulf Arab monarchies and the Middle East and Riyadh's strategy of diversifying its political and commercial partners and decreasing its dependence on the United States.
The recent phone conversation between the President of Russia and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia might be interpreted as the Kremlin's move to counter the recent U.S. President Joe Biden's official visit to Riyadh.
The discovery of a massive deposit of rare earth elements in Turkey might change the geopolitical dynamics in the Eurasian chessboard since Ankara might challenge China, which has had the leading role in the market until now. Furthermore, this finding might change the domestic political scenario in Turkey and quiet doubts and disappointment about the country's economic performance.
SpecialEurasia attended the Virtual Symposium on Lifting the Siege on the city of Taiz and efforts toward building peace organised by the Embassy of Yemen in Italy to focus the attention of media, politicians and experts on the Yemen civil war and the harsh conditions the local population is experiencing.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 20 Issue 18 - Although Russian - Iranian ties date back to the Islamic Revolution, Moscow’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine (or special military operation as the Kremlin has always declared) and Tehran’s nuclear ambitions have strengthened the cooperation and pushed these Western adversaries together.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 20 Issue 17 - Over the past two months, the tension in Greek-Turkish relations has reached new heights. What triggered it seemed to have been the age-old Turkish claims concerning the continental shelf delimitation and the total demilitarisation of the Greek Islands in the Eastern Aegean.