Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen is the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West (Praeger, 2011).


Commentary

Washington is packing its bags, but Beijing looks set to stay in AfPak for the long haul.

China, Russia and the United States must navigate their competing—and conflicting—designs for Central Asia.

The United States is on the path to energy independence. Its new, dynamic role calls for a new international energy policy.

Kyrgyzstan is defined and dominated by what surrounds it. It is fast becoming China's playground.

Treating Azerbaijan and other Eurasian countries as pawns in the Great Game has only led to waning U.S. influence.

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May 25, 2012