https://www.iess.ir/en/Target-Countries/central-asia Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:38:16 GMT /skins/default/en/normal/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif https://www.iess.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright (c) Institute for East Strategic Studies, all rights reserved. Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:38:16 GMT Central Asia 60 https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3686/ IESS's specialized meeting on "Central Asia's view of interaction with Iran; Tehran's Opportunities and Challenges" was held with the presence of Iranian and non-Iranian experts. ]]> Central Asia Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:47:32 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3686/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3672/ Afghanistan's security-oriented approach, which was at its peak during Hamid Karzai rule, was officially abandoned when Ashraf Ghani took office, and it was replaced by an economic-oriented foreign policy. One of the important features of such an approach was the reduction of economic interactions with South Asia, especially Pakistan, as a crisis-generating region, and the increase of economic interactions with Central Asia as a calm and somewhat non-security region. The goal of this approach was that Afghanistan would reduce its vulnerability from Pakistan in terms of security, by reducing the level of economic relations with this country. After the Taliban coming back to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, they have based their foreign policy on an economy-oriented approach, with the aim of moving away from Pakistan and getting closer to Central Asia. ]]> Afghanistan Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:16:55 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3672/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3656/ The fact is that before this, Russia and in some limited cases, China, were the main suppliers of weapons and defense equipment to Central Asian countries. Other suppliers, if any, were present in non-strategic areas. Now it seems that the balance of these areas is on the verge of change, with the acting of Turkey and Iran in the drone area, the arrival of new warships in the Caspian Sea, or the recent proposals of France to sell Rafale fighters or Master Grand 400 air defense radar. ]]> Central Asia Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:04:47 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3656/ https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3632/ Institute for East Strategic Studies in collaboration with the International Studies Institute of Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO) held a webinar under the title "Foreign actors’ policy towards the Taliban government; Analysis and perspectives." ]]> Afghanistan Thu, 14 Dec 2023 03:24:43 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3632/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3612/ Central Asia is currently seeking to maximize its military and defense power, by using non-Russian capabilities. Meanwhile, many foreign players such as Turkey, India, Pakistan and some western countries have taken effective measures to take advantage of these conditions. By using these supports, the countries of the region have developed their defense and military infrastructure internally and in their intra-regional approaches. ]]> Central Asia Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:56:21 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3612/ https://www.iess.ir/en/report/3598/ ]]> Central Asia Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:50:02 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/report/3598/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3570/ The complexity of multi-layered and multi-faceted relations in Central Asia naturally has many strategic outputs, which can also be considered as part a multi-faceted new Great Game in the region. Among the most important outputs is the increase of the extra-regional influence of Central Asia through the emergence of regional initiatives. In fact, political, security, and especially, geo-economic initiatives in this region will clearly affect international trends and even the new order in the structure of the international system. ]]> Central Asia Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:05:12 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3570/ https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/3559/ The strategic policy of the Central Asian countries is now affected by the developments in Afghanistan, and especially the Ukraine crisis. The escalation of conflict between Russia and the West, and the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan, have forced many major players to pay more attention to Central Asia. Therefore, the popularity of the meetings in the form of 5+1 which is Central Asia plus the U.S / China / Japan / India, as well as Central Asia plus the European Union, and Central Asia plus the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states indicate the competition of influential powers in the region to increase their influence in Central Asia. ]]> Central Asia Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:14:30 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/3559/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3493/ The relations between Tehran and Tashkent have experienced a growing trend in recent years. However, trade exchanges of less than one billion dollars, and the lack of mutual strategic dependencies can still provide instability in this trend. Meanwhile, software infrastructures such as preferential trade agreements (PTAs), agreements in the field of customs information exchange, electronic transfer of business and economic data, money transfer, transit agreements and other things like that, can lead to stabilization of this trend. If governments focus on large projects as well as the systematic development of interactions in some specific areas - in such a way that irreplaceable complementary roles are defined for Tehran and Tashkent - they can create this geo-economic interdependence, and stabilize development trends in bilateral economic and trade exchanges. ]]> Central Asia Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:52:34 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3493/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3481/ Strategic partnership is an upgraded level of relations between countries. This partnership has some strategic features, but its level of commitments is lower. Economy has a very decisive role in this model of relations, including in the relations between Tehran and Astana. Iran-Kazakhstan relations can go beyond mere economics, and develop around geo-economic interdependence centered on energy and transit. ]]> Central Asia Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:27:17 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3481/