Alexandros Petersen

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

Economics

China Digs in to Afghanistan

| 05.24.12

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

Economics

| 05.01.12

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

Politics

| 01.24.12

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

Society

| 11.04.11

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

Security

| 10.14.10

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