Great Game

“The fear is increasing in Central Asia that a default domino is just around the corner and, looking at the overall stance of both their strategic partners, Moscow and Beijing, they are bound to look for alternatives. India is best situated at seizing this opportunity and this can be a step at changing the balances with China and Russia”, – writes analyst Dimitris Simeonidis, exclusively for CABAR.asia.

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“It appears that the Great Game in Central Asia flares up again in much vigorous and quite peculiar manner. The Game is reflected in the mathematical model of geopolitics: it is “5+1=5” for the US, “5+1=6” for Russia, and “5+1=x” for China, so to speak,” Uzbek political analyst Farhod Tolipov writes in his article for CABAR.asia. (more…)