Jason Johnsonflipped into Communist ChinaChina China’s Silk Road diplomacy in Kazakhstan asiatimes.com - Ahmed Bux Jamali American political scientist Joseph Nye says soft power is “getting others to want the results that you want.” This projection of peacetime power …
The Economistflipped into AsiaChina Central Asian governments do not know how to talk about China The Economist FOR MILLENNIA fierce horsemen from Central Asia harried the Chinese empire’s flank, often setting the terms of engagement with their giant, settled …
The Daily SignalConservative View Azerbaijan Making Promising Strides in Advancing Economic Freedom dailysignal.com - Anthony B. Kim Until the global economy was hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic, oil production was booming in Azerbaijan. The country’s vast hydrocarbon and other …
The Diplomatflipped into SocietyAsia What’s the Impact of Turkmenistan’s COVID Delusion? thediplomat.com - Catherine Putz The Turkmen government maintains that it has detected no cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged from China in late December. In six months, the …
Advocateflipped into The AdvocateCrime Nearly a Dozen Men in Turkmenistan Were Arrested For Being Gay advocate.com - David Artavia One of the men is a well-known actor and son of a famous diplomat. Most of them were sentanced to two years in prison on sodomy charges. A local court …
PinkNewsflipped into World NewsLGBTQ+ News One of Turkmenistan’s top actors has cruelly been jailed for two years for the simple crime of being gay pinknews.co.uk - Patrick Kelleher A well-known actor has been sentenced to two years in prison in Turkmenistan for the simple crime of being gay. The actor – who has not been publicly …
