by Elise Reifschneider | Jan 5, 2015 | Monitor
Construction on Tajikistan’s Rogun hydropower plant began in 1976; thirty-eight years later, the Rogun Dam is still unfinished. Part I of this series outlined the geopolitical ramifications of the dam’s construction centered on water-security and downstream...
by raffaellopantucci | Aug 5, 2014 | Monitor
A new piece for China Outlook, an excellent online magazine that I have actually written for before, but failed to post here for some reason. For my previous piece for them, please see here, it looked at foreign investment into Xinjiang and the difficulties the...
by Alexander Gupta | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
On the evening of Sunday, June 8th 2014, 10 terrorists allegedly from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) infiltrated Pakistan’s largest and busiest airport. The terrorists attacked the Jinnah International Airport in the sprawling, seaport city of Karachi. ...
by Alexander Gupta | Jun 23, 2014 | Monitor
This month marks the official closing of the Transit Center at Manas in north Kyrgyzstan. The Transit Center at Manas was an American air base setup after the September 11th attacks to support the war in Afghanistan. The Kyrgyzstani government ordered the U.S. to...
by raffaellopantucci | Oct 4, 2013 | Monitor
A post for a new outlet, Reuters, this one looking at painting a big picture of China’s interests in Central Asia and Pakistan and how they all stitch together. A bigger theme that I am going to be exploring more through my co-edited site:...
