Tag: Kirghizia
Il Tagikistan, in una svolta storica, rinnova il proprio assetto geopolitico. L’accordo sul confine con il Kirghizistan, la collaborazione strategica con la Russia e il successo elettorale del partito di governo delineano un nuovo efficace corso di stabilità, cooperazione e sviluppo regionale nell’Asia centrale.
Although Iran’s Armed Forces will no doubt rise to the multiple challenges which await it from Beirut to Tehran, Iran must also somehow galvanise countries like Egypt.
On December 24th the President of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, held a major press conference in Bishkek which was notable for a series of important statements on foreign and domestic policy. According to analysts, the tone and the meaning behind his statements implied that Kyrgyzstan had embarked upon the path of a closer alliance with Russia. One of the most resounding of President Atambayev’s remarks was in regard to the future of the U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan. «There should be no military dimension at Manas international airport», he stated… According to the president of Kyrgyzstan, the American presence has had a destabilizing effect on the region…
Russia's positions in Central Asia are increasingly coming under pressure as the deadline for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is drawing closer. Uzbekistan was the first to subject its relations with Russia in the security sphere to a serious overhaul, and in no time the trend has proved contagious. So far, the defiance of other Central Asian republics is limited to demands of higher compensations for hosting Russian military bases: recently, Tajikistan rolled out an unprecedented cost of lease for Russia's 201st military base, and Kyrgyzstan indicated three sites on its soil would come at a higher charge for Moscow…