On this episode of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on the recent Four-Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh. We briefly go over the history of the conflict before taking a closer look at the latest escalation and the various regional and global actors that could be pulled into the conflict. In our second segmentContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #13 – Fethullah Gülen Lives”
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The New Great Game Round-Up #96
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. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced last Wednesday during a meeting of the NATO ForeignContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #96”
The New Great Game Round-Up #84
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. Western media coverage after the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the “unrivalled parade of political hypocrisy,”Continue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #84”
The New Great Game Round-Up #75
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. Three months ago, Armenia and Azerbaijan were on the brink of all-out war after theContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #75”
The New Great Game Round-Up #73
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 performing a pilgrimage to Mecca and holding talks with King Abdullah and other high-levelContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #73”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #2 – Crisis in the Caucasus and Mysterious Crashes
On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I discuss briefly the appointment of Jens Stoltenberg as new Secretary General of NATO before we move on to the conflicts brewing in the Caucasus region. We talk about the significance of this month's suicide bombing in the Chechen capital Grozny as well as Russia'sContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #2 – Crisis in the Caucasus and Mysterious Crashes”
The New Great Game Round-Up #70
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 nearly four years of negotiations, the European Union und Kazakhstan finally agreed on aContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #70”
The New Great Game Round-Up #68
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. Since the start of China's year-long anti-terror campaign in May of this year, every weekContinue reading “The New Great Game Round-Up #68”
Porkins Great Game: Episode #1 – ISIS is everywhere in Central Asia
The wait is finally over: The new podcast series produced by Pearse Redmond and me, Porkins Great Game, is now up and running! This new podcast will deal exclusively with Central Asia and the Caucasus region, and will explore the various geopolitical machinations that compose the “New Great Game.” Porkins Great Game will be aContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #1 – ISIS is everywhere in Central Asia”
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