Author Archives: Agness Landau

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. On April 27, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, whereContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #49”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. While tensions are mounting in eastern Ukraine after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had instructedContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #48”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Although the U.S.-backed Gülen movement has tried to topple Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #47”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized in his letter to European leaders that there will beContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #46”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Thanks to the Ukraine crisis, the Cold War military alliance NATO does not need toContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #45”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. After the party of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had lost power in the 2012Continue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #44”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Numerous reports about the death of Russia's most wanted terrorist, Doku Umarov, have surfaced overContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #43”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. After the success of Washington's “Brown Revolution” in Ukraine, NATO is yet again aligned withContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #42”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Although Washington is currently busy installing a new puppet regime in Ukraine and simultaneously tryingContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #41”

The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players. Considering all the terrorism fear-mongering in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, the last fewContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #40”