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Pakistan
Pakistan's Offensive and Defensive Approach Toward Afghanistan
India - Pakistan Tensions and the Future of Kashmir Crisis
India - Pakistan Tensions and the Future of Kashmir Crisis
The Kashmir Crisis: The Impact of South Asian Developments on Central Asia’s Security Dynamics
The Kashmir Crisis: The Impact of South Asian Developments on Central Asia’s Security Dynamics
The Taliban’s Approach to “International Treaties”: Nature and Consequences
The Taliban’s Approach to “International Treaties”: Nature and Consequences

Interview

The Establishment of Jolani’s Government in Syria: Implications for Central Asia
The Establishment of Jolani’s Government in Syria: Implications for Central Asia
Arab States and Taliban Government: Approaches and Relations
Arab States and Taliban Government: Approaches and Relations
GCC-Central Asia developing relations: Opportunities and challenges
GCC-Central Asia developing relations: Opportunities and challenges
Why are Central Asian youth attracted to extremist groups?
Why are Central Asian youth attracted to extremist groups?
 

Op-ed

"Nowruz" in the Turkmenistan’s Culture and Literature
"Nowruz" in the Turkmenistan’s Culture and Literature
1403-12-29 09:46:43
During Nowruz (the Persian New Year, literally means New Day), citizens of various regions of Turkmenistan engage in their traditional ceremonies. These include lighting fires (Şam-od) and jumping over them, growing sabzeh (greenery), organizing Nowruz ...
The multivectoral Great Game in Central Asia: Nature and Strategic Implications
The multivectoral Great Game in Central Asia: Nature and Strategic Implications
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 ...
14 Oct 2023 - 12:35
Iran-Kazakhstan relations: how to reach the level of a strategic partnership?
Iran-Kazakhstan relations: how to reach the level of a strategic partnership?
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 ...
1 Jun 2023 - 14:57
Turkey’s role and position in Energy Geopolitics of Central Asia
Turkey’s role and position in Energy Geopolitics of Central Asia
In recent years, Turkey has had a specific view on playing a strategic role in the geo-economic fields of Central Asia. During the past year, these efforts have been more pragmatic than ever, and have ...
28 May 2023 - 11:51
What is behind Kazakhstan’s January 2022 unrest?
What is behind Kazakhstan’s January 2022 unrest?
Instabilities caused by public uprisings are considered as potential crises in many authoritarian countries, such as the Central Asian states. Extreme authoritarianism, along with constant suppression ...
10 Feb 2022 - 11:37
Iran
Iran's cultural relations with Central Asia and Afghanistan
Culture and cultural relations, in the form of public diplomacy and as one of the most important fields of foreign relations between Iran and the world, have always been under the spotlight since the ...
6 Jul 2021 - 09:47
The approach of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan towards Iran in IOs
The approach of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan towards Iran in IOs
Votes of Central Asian countries to important and key issues such as the anti-Iranian human rights resolution have rarely changed. The change of opinion took place only when we witnessed a serious change ...
20 Feb 2021 - 12:25
Iran
Iran's probable return to Turkmenistan's Gas Game
In the last months of Donald Trump’s administration, it seems that all of his efforts to stabilize Afghanistan have failed. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia has improved and a kind of balance ...
16 Jan 2021 - 10:03
Iran’s extraterritorial cultivation in Kazakhstan
Iran’s extraterritorial cultivation in Kazakhstan
"Extraterritorial cultivation" or simply "agriculture in other countries" is one of the remarkable approaches in agriculture, which has been embraced by a lot of countries around the world with the aim ...
24 Sep 2020 - 10:59
Role of the great powers in Kyrgyzstan’s unrest
Role of the great powers in Kyrgyzstan’s unrest
Some regional countries and major powers with considerable influence in Kyrgyzstan sought to monitor the developments and intervene in the crisis management. Although the main sources of the protests ...
24 Dec 2020 - 10:29
The 5+1 platforms and the political Great Game in Central Asia
The 5+1 platforms and the political Great Game in Central Asia
Russia has so far shown no opposition to the presence of the regional countries in the regional convergence platforms and it seems that Moscow does not see the level of movements as contradictory to its ...
10 Oct 2020 - 10:17
EAEU and the perspective of political integration
EAEU and the perspective of political integration
The Eurasian Economic Union, as one of the most important convergence trends among the post-Soviet states, would not achieve a political convergence in the short-term. Even reaching to such a level of ...
24 Sep 2020 - 11:39
 

Special reports

​Analysis of developments in Afghanistan, from March 2024 to March 2025

Special reports

The Ukraine War and its Impact on Central Asia - South Asia Connectivity

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Evaluating Iran-Pakistan Economic Relations: A strategic look
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