US Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection
US policymakers are actively discussing a Black Sea strategy, reflecting its importance to American interests in the wider region.
US policymakers are actively discussing a Black Sea strategy, reflecting its importance to American interests in the wider region.
Last year, more than a million people left Russia, marking what is likely the largest yearly emigration in recorded history... There are real and tangible threats which require sustained attention from the national security apparats of countries that are hosting Russian migrants now or will do so in the future.
The struggle to limit Russian influence in Central and Eastern Europe requires better infrastructure and development to ensure economic progress and increasing wealth.
[T]he U.S. needs to demonstrate renewed regional leadership and work with producer, consumer and transit countries on the design and implementation of the missing large-scale infrastructure—like a new, larger scale pipeline connecting Azerbaijan to Europe—that can spur even greater integration of the region with the West in the years ahead.
The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia
Understanding Russia and China in Central Asia
The Evolution of Central Asian Energy
How Central Asia has Handled Islamic Extremism
America Inches Toward a Serious Central Asia Strategy