Dirty Entanglements on the New Silk Road
Drugs, human smuggling, and illegal migration will remain crucial elements of life and the economy in Central Asia in the coming years, a problem only amplified by the new Silk Road.
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Russia and India’s Plan to Skip the Suez Canal
A new link in the North-South Transport Corridor connecting Russia, Iran, and India could have far-reaching implications for economic patterns between Europe and Asia.
Diagnosing Central Asia’s Drug Problem
The real challenge for fighting the illicit drug trade in Central Asia stems less from the supposed risks associated with opening borders or developing transport infrastructure, than from dealing with poverty and corruption.
Chasing the Dubai Dream
Step into an elevator inside the world’s tallest building, and watch the lights dim as the doors close. The elevator begins to climb, and the darkness is broken by a video of other famous buildings, each taller than the next. Eventually, only a projection of the Burj Khalifa itself remains. Soaring 2,717 feet, it is roughly three Eifel Towers tall. Your ears confirm this, and after the elevator doors open to the observation deck, so do your eyes.
Central Asia – Russian Roulette Episode #6
In this CSIS podcast, Olga Oliker and Jeffrey Mankoff sit down with their CSIS colleague Matthew Goodman, Senior Adviser for Asian economics and William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, who just returned from Kazakhstan. Matt explains his impressions of the country and prospects for connectivity across Eurasia, including a major dry port on the Kazakh-Chinese border. Then, Jeff and Olga take a deep dive into the human rights situation in Central Asia with Steve Swerdlow of Human Rights Watch. For more on these issues, see the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program’s “Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia” report series.