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Central Asia; Geopolitical cohesion and regional powers

Central Asia; Geopolitical cohesion and regional powers

BY: S.Alireza Behbahani PEJOURNAL - With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991, the Caucasus and Central Asia regained the ability to re-establish relations in various political, security, economic, and cultural fields with its neighbors and other trans-regional powers. This region is strategically located due to the existence of underground oil and gas reserves and the important geographical location between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, in the area of New Eurasia, from a dormant region far from the center to a region considered by regional and trans-regional powers.…
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Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.

Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.

BY: Oğuz Fırat PEJOURNAL - After the Soviet Union collapsed, Belarus began to move away from Russia to improve its deteriorating economy and relations with the West. While during this period, the newly established Russian government tried to control the post-Soviet space by establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991. On the other hand, Russia was concerned that interfering with close states such as Belarus, would risk the relations it was trying to establish with the West. But it realized that NATO's borders were widening eastward and so the West was starting to build sovereignty in the areas that…
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