The Kazakhstan question and the wider geopolitics

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The Russian challenge in Ukraine and a divided Western alliance

John C. Hulsman Feb 2, 2022

125.000 Russian troops ring Ukraine. Will President Vladimir Putin of Russia try to upend the European security architecture of the last seventy years, or is he merely bluffing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbFmJBKn9o…

Guerra grigia in stile russo

Marta Ottaviani Jan 28, 2022

La teoria della "guerra non lineare", o guerra grigia, è stata implementata dalla Russia a partire dai primi anni 2000, cioè da quando Vladimir Putin ha preso il potere, ma la sua teorizzazione risale già all'epoca sovietica …

Ukraine 2022: assessment, implications, policy options

Julian Lindley-French Jan 24, 2022

In the wake of the Geneva meeting of January 21 between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, below is my guidance to ministers focussed on the military-strategic and politico-strategic implications…

The geopolitical power of Kazakhstan

Angelo Richiello Jan 17, 2022

Kazakhstan’s commodities-dependent economy has been suffering since 2014 when oil and mineral prices crashed. In just three years, gross domestic product dropped by 42%, from $235.6 billion in 2014 to $137.3 billion in 2016. A modest…

Il caso Kazakistan tra Russia e dinamiche locali

Valerio Fabbri Jan 17, 2022

Quando il 2 gennaio decine di persone sono scese in piazza a Zhanaozen, una città della regione di Manghistau, nell’ovest del Kazakistan, di circa 150 mila abitanti, per protestare contro l’aumento del prezzo del GPL, quasi nessuno si…