A peaceful and stable Pakistan is integral to western efforts to pacify Afghanistan, but Islamabad’s obsessions with its giant eastern neighbor may render such issues moot.
Since partition in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought four armed conflicts, in 1947, 1965, 1971 (which led to the establishment of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan) and the 1999 Kargil clash.

• April 5, 2012

ISSUE #12
04/02/2012
A court will start to consider a new case launched against former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko in the nearest future.
On 29 March 2012, Kharkiv Region's prosecutor Hennadiy Tyurin said that the prosecutor's office had submitted to the Kharkiv Kiev district court materials of the criminal case against Tymoshenko over alleged fraudulent activity of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) company. READ MORE

• April 5, 2012

Azerbaijan has practically lost optimism in respect of prospects for laying Trans Caspian gas pipeline for Turkmen gas supplies to Europe via Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

• April 4, 2012

Central Asia, after the Soviet disintegration, has become one of the most important regions, not only for the Asian continent but also, for the global geo-politics. The region - comprising of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - is rich in minerals and natural resources. With an attractive overall GDP in excess of 160 billion dollars, the region is sure an attraction for energy sector investors and global policy makers. This importance has also been realized by key regional players, especially Russia, in form of maintaining good ties with all these Central Asian states. Though it is virtually impossible to maintain equal ties with all states, keeping in view the different vested interests and policies, Russia has been successful in maintaining fruitful ties with most of them.

• April 4, 2012

Iran's foreign minister said İstanbul remains an acceptable location for talks with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program, but noted Wednesday that his country has proposed other venues - such as Iraq or China - for the negotiations scheduled to start next week.

• April 4, 2012

The Tajik Embassy in Russia has issued a statement that claims Uzbekistan has imposed a transport and energy blockade that jeopardizes the Tajik economy, Fergana news agency reported on Tuesday.

• April 3, 2012

Russia on Tuesday will send emergency humanitarian aid worth in excess of 100 million roubles to Tajikistan that has been affected by a natural calamity. The humanitarian supplies will be delivered on cargo aircraft of the RF Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) in an operation that will end on April 5, the republic government’s sources told Itar-Tass.

• April 3, 2012

Representatives of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan have held a video conference to discuss personnel training in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism, BelTA learnt from the press service of the State Control Committee of Belarus.

• April 3, 2012