Central Asia

Daily Memo: Central Asian Curiosities

Geopolitical Futures - November 7, 2022

Washington in Central Asia. U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is visiting Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan until Nov. 11 to discuss partnerships on a range of bilateral and regional issues. While in Turkmenistan, Lu announced Washington’s intention to help Turkmen authorities and businesses benefit from anti-Russia sanctions. The Kremlin tends […]

Daily Memo: Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Geopolitical Futures - November 4, 2022

Heating up. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime buffer zone overnight. On Friday, South Korea scrambled...

Daily Memo: Ukrainian Grain Leaves Port Despite Deal Suspension

Geopolitical Futures - October 31, 2022

Deal is off. Russia announced over the weekend that it was suspending its participation in a U.N.-backed deal that facilitated the transport of Ukrainian...

Daily Memo: US Oil Exports, China’s COVID Containment Measures

Geopolitical Futures - October 27, 2022

Record exports. The U.S. exported a record volume of crude oil last week. Oil and refined products exports reached 11.4 million barrels per day,...

Daily Memo: Russia Launches Nuclear Drill, Myanmar Destabilizes

Geopolitical Futures - October 26, 2022

Russian claims. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke separately with the Chinese and Indian defense ministers on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in Ukraine...

Central Asia in Uncharted Territory

Kamran Bokhari - October 25, 2022

Russian influence in Central Asia in recent years has been waning. Moscow’s war in Ukraine has accelerated that process. The resulting vacuum will be...

Daily Memo: China Concludes Its National Congress

Geopolitical Futures - October 24, 2022

Congress closes. The Chinese Communist Party concluded its 20th National Congress on Sunday. On the closing day, Xi Jinping was given an unprecedented third...

Daily Memo: Another Blow for Russia’s Mir, Indian-Russian Venture in Talks on Export Deals

Geopolitical Futures - October 18, 2022

Suspending Mir. Two more Kyrgyz banks have decided to suspend servicing Russia’s Mir payment system. Bakai Bank and Doskredobank's decision to stop accepting Mir...

Daily Memo: US Inflation Ticks Up

Geopolitical Futures - October 13, 2022

Persistent inflation. U.S. consumer prices accelerated on a monthly basis in September, defying expectations of a continued slowdown. The consumer price index rose 0.4...

Daily Memo: UAE President Visits Russia

Geopolitical Futures - October 11, 2022

Russia and the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in St. Petersburg on Tuesday....

Daily Memo: Ukraine Update

Geopolitical Futures - October 10, 2022

Russian retaliation. Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced a massive strike on targets related to Ukraine’s military command, communications and energy infrastructure following the strike...

Daily Memo: Turkish and Armenian Leaders Meet

Geopolitical Futures - October 6, 2022

Summit in Prague. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the inaugural summit of the European...

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