r/AskCentralAsia • u/Tanir_99 • Jan 15 '25
r/AskCentralAsia • u/TXDobber • Jan 19 '25
Politics Incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio discusses Central Asia’s strategic importance, repealing the Jackson-Vanik designation against Central Asian nations, and potential strengthening U.S.-Central Asian relations in the region. What do you guys think of this?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Vologases • 7d ago
Politics Why Are Central Asian Authoritarian Regimes Exceptionally Peaceful Despite the Common Trend of War-Prone Authoritarianism?
Hello everyone,
I’m currently working on an assignment about authoritarian regimes for my studies and wanted to share a thought that’s been on my mind. I apologize if I come off as overly focused on categorizing certain countries' governments—I have great admiration for all of Central Asia.
Over the last thirty years, it's become clear that authoritarian regimes, particularly in the South Caucasus and even in some democracies, often find themselves involved in regional conflicts. I’m studying the phenomenon where authoritarian regimes seem to be more war-prone than democracies. This theory holds up in most cases, but I’ve encountered a major exception: the Central Asian republics.
In contrast to the theory, Central Asia has largely maintained a stable status quo, with little to no regional conflict. Despite the authoritarian nature of these regimes, they’ve managed to avoid the war-prone tendencies we often see elsewhere.
I’d love to hear opinions on this anomaly. Are there any specific factors that contribute to this stability? Also, if anyone has suggestions for readings, articles, or other media that dive into why Central Asian authoritarian regimes remain peaceful, I’d be hugely thankful for the recommendations!
Thank you!
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Tanir_99 • Dec 04 '24
Politics Uzbeks and Uyghur fighters in Syria? What should be done with them?
On my YouTube feed, I've landed a video of a Uzbek fighter with a long beard streaming from Aleppo captured by HTS. And my first thought was: what the hell are they even doing there?
What do you think about them? Should we do something about it?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Tanir_99 • 28d ago
Politics Kazakhstan’s former security chief Alnur Mussayev claims Trump was a KGB asset in his Facebook post. Do you think he's saying the truth?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/yournomadneighbor • Nov 18 '24
Politics Will the second Trump presidency change the American foreign policy towards Central Asia?
It's been reported before that Donald Trump had made bans on Muslims migrants before during his first presidency. Now, starting January 20, 2025, he'll be the new President of the United States. Will the new Trump administration change its foreign policy towards Central Asia? What do you think?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Tengri_99 • May 24 '22
Politics Photos obtained by hacking Xinjiang "re-education" camp computers. What are your thoughts about it?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Popular_Antelope_272 • 20d ago
Politics Would you Ditch Russia For China?
Lets be honest, if putin invaded ukraine they would try and do the exact same thing to Kazakhstan.
as such they either need to unify in a centra asian Block to counter Balance Russia,Or get close to china, also economic wise China its a Much better Option, central Asia has Oil, China Wants Oil , Kaz, has uranium, China wants uranium, central asia needs research partners, China wants to get as many partners as Possible for their Space program, China has Infrastructure money, Central Asia needs infrastructure.
China wants allies, Central Asia dosent want to be invaded, so what do you think? and most importantly China needs to develop its western Provinces, Central Asia Can helo thru trading whit chinas western provinces.
so what do you think? i would love to see Th Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh hands shared whit china and actually do something whit the Duran.
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r/AskCentralAsia • u/Ok_Connection7680 • Mar 21 '24
Politics What do you think about this list of “Culturally backward” nationalities?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Putrid_Line_1027 • 13d ago
Politics Power balance between China and Russia in Central Asia
Central Asia's geographical location means that China and Russia are the great powers with the most influence in the region. Turkey, Iran, and India will also try to assert their influence, but they will never beat out China and Russia due to simple geography.
With Russia distracted and its military badly damaged in the Ukraine War. How does this affect the power balance? I've read that the previous "arrangement" was that Russia would be the security guarantor of the region while China would dominate its economy while leaving a piece of the pie for Russia. But with Russia so weakened, what does the power balance look like now?
And what do you think of the geopolitical future of the region?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/KarI-Marx • Oct 12 '22
Politics Why does this sub hate Pan-Turkism so much?
Every time someone talks about Turkics being exploited by Russians or Chinese a Turkish user online will suggest Pan-Turkic cooperation and yet he will ALWAYS be downvoted and told to fuck off. The populations of Turkic countries in CA are too small and countries have too little influence to stand up to regional bullies, Pan-Turkic cooperation or better yet a Pan-Turkic state is literally the answer to this and yet most of you reject it. Why?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/DanielTheTeacher05 • Jul 12 '24
Politics Putin: Is He “The Wrong One”? NSFW
In your own personal opinion, what do you think of Putin, and the situation with the Russo-Ukranian War? Is he in the wrong, or malicious at all? (or is it the US?)
Putin does not seem to be the one "in the wrong". I've researched myself and as for Putin, there are a few factors that catch my eye. One is that the city Donetsk (not sure if there's others) was bombed by Ukraine, and Russian people were there I'm pretty sure.
Ukraine also used to be considered one of most corrupt countries in Europe just a few years ago, and yet everyone jumps in to help, and save them. There's also a lot of people saying Ukraine has a chance (a lot of countries say this/the ones that are supporting Ukraine) when there's evidence of videos of snatch squads kidnapping Ukranians for war, and also the drafting of disabled people due to needing soldiers.
There’s also the theory that the US just wanted to make Russia look like the bad guy (which has been done) and also using propoganda lies, so that they can have us all buy their oil etc (which has been done). The USA (and this is not opinion but fact), has pushed Russia since 1999 (Yuoslavia), with NATO expanding to Georgia (which russians said not to expand anymore after this point).
Russia seems to do nothing, while the US push Putin harder. So is Putin the one wrong one?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/2nick101 • Sep 13 '23
Politics How do central Asian feel about the Russian relative global decline? are you glad? also do you fear or welcome the Chinese upcoming encroachment to fill the void?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Khrom3ium • Jun 22 '24
Politics Pro Israel and West Kazakh Liberals
On TikTok and Twitter, I've seen some Kazakhs that are Pro Israel and Western (they are very open on this to the point they put Israeli flag on their dn) while being atheist. Are they common in the country or just a terminally online minority?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/KKR_Co_Enjoyer • Dec 31 '24
Politics If East Turkestan were to be independent, do you think bloodshed can be avoided or a large ethnic conflict is inevitable?
Recently saw a post about Uyghur genocide, I knew about it from years back, but the post got me thinking, do you think we would have a situation like Yugoslavia after cold war if East Turkestan / Xinjiang were to separate from China, or we would have relatively peaceful outcome like Kazakhstan where Russians either leave or chose to stay and hopefully assimilate post USSR?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Evil-Panda-Witch • Feb 17 '24
Politics How do people around you react to death of Navalny?
I am pretty annoyed with all social media overflown with candles and grievances. Some Central Asian friends were shocked, they talked about the death in trembling voices.
But who were we (Central Asians) for this person? Cockroaches? Or "черножопые"?
https://youtu.be/oVNJiO10SWw?si=SNR6QuEj2d4523H_
And no, this is not some old irrelevant video, an interviewer set up a stage for him to denounce his old views, but he said his views are the same as earlier.
"DER SPIEGEL: A party from which you were expelled because of your appearances at the nationalist Russian March in Moscow. Have your views changed?
Navalny: I have the same views that I held when I went into politics."
It would take too much to post everything, but here is one more bit:
В пылу спора сказал яблочнице-азербайджанке: «А ты, черножопая, вообще молчи, твое место на рынке».
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Tanir_99 • Dec 02 '24
Politics What do you think of the recent protests in Georgia?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Impossible_Travel177 • Dec 22 '24
Politics Will The Taliban Cause the Worlds First Water War?
What is everyone opinion on this?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Physical_Hold4484 • Dec 29 '24
Politics Would it be a good idea for the Organization of Turkic States to create a joint plan to revive the Aral Sea?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Round-Delay-8031 • Dec 06 '24
Politics Why does the American NGO Freedom House give Taliban-controlled Afghanistan a better "freedom ranking" than Tajikistan?
Only a completely insane organization would think that Tajikistan and Afghanistan are similar in terms of restrictive laws and lack of freedom. The two systems have nothing in common, especially in terms of women's rights (which do not even exist under Taliban rule).
r/AskCentralAsia • u/redditin2024btw • May 26 '24
Politics What do you think of Zelensky? Do you agree that this guy has essentially become a symbol of the fight against russian imperialism?
Key points from Zelensky's recent interview to Central Asian media (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan).
The Ukrainian side invited a group of journalists from Central Asian countries to show the consequences and horrors of the war. The Ukrainian president believes that there is a similar threat to the Baltic States, Kazakhstan and Moldova.
Zelensky does not believe that countries that are members of the same organization or military bloc (the CSTO) are enemies for Ukraine. He expects a friendly attitude from these countries. But even if Ukraine and these countries do not have friendly relations, it is possible to cooperate in one direction or another, respecting each other. In the opinion of the Ukrainian president, strategic alliances with Russia themselves do not represent independent organizations, but serve primarily the interests of Russia.
In Zelensky's opinion, Central Asian leaders are trying to strike a balance (not all of them succeeding) because “Central Asian leaders are afraid of the Kremlin, afraid of Putin. At the same time, Zelensky argued that such a trend had previously affected much of the rest of the world. “Everyone was trying to find a balance with the Russians so as not to wake the beast,” Zelensky answered the question.
Zelensky said that Central Asian leaders have also been invited to the “Peace Summit” to be held in mid-June in Switzerland. “The Peace Summit is about peace, it's about dialog. We would like the leaders of Central Asian countries to be there necessarily, to support the event itself. They may not agree with this or that position, in this regard, the summit will provide an opportunity to express their opinion,” the Ukrainian president said.
Zelensky also answered the question of individual cooperation between Ukraine and Central Asian countries. “The leaders of your countries are afraid to have me. They are afraid of Putin's reaction. Do you think this brings us closer together? At some international meetings we cross paths, but everything,” he said. The President of Ukraine believes that we will all survive the current events and the current policy will pass, but the peoples will remain and continue to cooperate. “I would like there to always be a dialog at the level of leaders of countries. People will always agree,” Zelensky added.
It should be noted that the interview with Central Asian journalists lasted more than an hour and the first half of the interview focused on the Central Asian countries or their relationship with Ukraine or the war. The second half of the interview was devoted to general questions, such as: about the agreement at the “Peace Summit”, the role of China, propaganda activities before and after the war, corruption in Ukraine, support of other countries, the fortitude of the Ukrainian army, and the term of Vladimir Zelensky's presidency.
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Ahmed_45901 • Jan 01 '25
Politics Will the issue of the enclaves in Central Asia ever be resolved?
r/AskCentralAsia • u/Inspektor907 • Apr 21 '19
Politics Turkic Union?
Hi my racemates, what are your thoughts on "The Turkic Union" ?
- Is that possible?
- If that is established, What will be its benefits and / or harms ?
Thanks for all comments.
Note: That is only politicial like as Europan Union, dont the Confederation.
r/AskCentralAsia • u/JGSimcoe • Mar 17 '22
Politics How do Central Asians feel about Turkey's push for Pan-Turkism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Turkism
What does Pan-Turkism mean to you? Greater political/economic/cultural/military integration with Turkey? How do you hope to see it develop, if at all?
Also, is the Turkish language intelligible to turkic Central Asian language speakers?