Kamran Bokhari

Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari

Latest From Author

As US-India Ties Fade, China Acts

Washington’s efforts to forge a new strategy for managing global affairs have hurt its ties with India. This has forced New Delhi to try to normalize relations with its rival in China, which has seized the opportunity to try to contain Indian influence in the Asia-Pacific. But there are limits to how much India can […]

The US in the South Caucasus and Implications for Eurasia

The peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia is among the most geopolitically consequential developments of our time. The South Caucasus region connects the West with the heart of Eurasia,...

Where India Fits Into New US Strategies

In its 2025 annual forecast, GPF wrote that the world no longer has an anchor around which to organize itself. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the downturn...

Turkey’s Time to Rise

“The Next 100 Years,” which was published some 15 years ago, forecast the emergence of three significant powers over the next few decades: Japan, Poland and Turkey. Japan’s stable...

As Syria Goes, So Goes the Middle East

Situated at the crossroads of more powerful countries, Syria is the fulcrum of a tumultuous region. What happens to the country has important implications for the national security interests...

Azerbaijan Is in the Middle East for the Long Haul

Azerbaijan’s growing involvement in the areas to its south indicates the natural contiguity of the Middle East and the Caucasus. Now that Russia and Iran have weakened, Baku has...

Popular Posts

Population Density of Canada

FREE
Canada is one of those countries where a vast land mass obscures the fact that the country has a relatively small population. While Canada is the second largest country in the world, its 35 million inhabitants make Canada only the 39th most populated country.

Live Updates on Ukraine War

All times are approximate local time in Kyiv (GMT+2). Friday, March 11 11:30 a.m.: The EU's foreign policy chief said the bloc would double its spending...

How the Ukraine War Will Likely End

FREE
As we consider how the war in Ukraine will end, we must first understand how it began. Russia invaded for geostrategic reasons – having...

Get Geopolitical Futures FREE newsletter

Understanding Our Geopolitical Model

Sign up now and receive our special report Understanding our Geopolitical Model

Get weekly analysis from New York Times bestselling author George Friedman and our global team of analysts, plus special offers.

Subscription Special



The World Explained in Maps

FREE with an annual subscription to Geopolitical Futures.

Subscribe Now