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One more fact that you skipped. Millitary agreement between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In case of one country get involved in war the other have to attend
As a citizen of Tashkent I can say that Iran can only have some influence over Tajikistan because of them being Persian, but it's practically non-existent. Unfortunately, there are many people who support putin because of soviet past and anti-american attitude, but the majority just doesn't care. It's just a relatively poor region
Famine/Golodomor 1920th, 1931-34 killed half of Kazakh population. At that time kazakhs were the largest nation in Central Asia. Even now, there's only 13 million of kazakhs out of 19 millions. Our government is afraid to speak up about this genocide of Kazakh people.
@@liammullan2197 you know most minorities are affected other than Ukrainian And funnily enough Holodomor word for Every Ethnicity in Soviet Union who got starvation not just Ukrainians and yet Ukrainian Govt Claimed the word of it Heck Georgian people alone are the only people who didn't affected by this and yes this is the birthplace of Joseph Stalin home
@@liammullan2197 it is not as publicized as the Ukrainian one, but it is real, unfortunately. Russia is he fascist that got away, together with Austria.
The reason Russia is truly "losing" this war. Is because regardless of the outcome, they look weaker now than when they started. That hurts. Because now countries realize even a small, capable force, can do a lot of harm to Russia.
@@mykolastrunce5457 comparatively speaking Ukraine is a smaller force. Russia had long boasted of its military and economic might and flouting its influence however for one reason or another, the boasts have fallen quite short of reality
They don't have enough manpower to protect that gigantic landmass. The Russian mindset is greatly altered by the fact that the first couple hundred years went down under Mongolian/Tatar rule in Russia. Their society was either feudal anarchy or absolut monarchy, the modernization has always done by dictators whose having names like: "Great." "The Terrible" and "The man of steel. "
Wtf are you talking about? 😂 the Donbass has been liberated, the Ukrainian army has all but collapsed, the ruble is stronger than ever, Russia and China can buy oil with their own currency which would’ve been unheard of last year, Saudi Arabia is giving the cold shoulder to the US in favor of Russia, Ukraine has practically become a failed state, and the current state of Europe has proved that you can’t destroy Russia’s economy without destroying Europe’s. NATO has played its hand, and it was a handful of nothing versus Russia’s full house. Can’t wait to see how China follows it up.
The problem with Central Asia is that it was intentionally carved up by the Russian Empire and Soviet Union to make independence difficult. The result is the weird borders and large mix of ethnicities throughout all the countries. It is not hard to image a conflict there and by extension, proxy wars between China, Turkey, Iran, Russia and possibly the USA. So far, I'm surprised that India has not done more to reach out and strengthen relations with Central Asia to counter China and increase it's own regional influence. So far, it would seem that China has made the most in-roads into Afghanistan, by sending humanitarian aid and even meeting with Taliban officials on multiple occasions. As GTBT said, Central Asia is very important to the Belt and Road Initiative. Something I feel GTBT didn't go into enough of was the USA's influence in the region. After the Fall of Afghanistan (or Liberation, depending on your view), Joe Biden had met with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to discuss preventing radical Islamist groups from spreading over the Afghan border. I believe it was Tajikistan that actually ended up providing refuge to many government officials that fled from the Afghan Government, with nearly a dozen helicopters and many aircraft landing in the country. Winning allies in Central Asia is not just important for securing resources, but will also be important for getting support in the UN. The issue with all Central Asian countries being dictatorships is that other nations must win-over the individual leader and those leaders can change their minds almost on a whim. They can also easily be replaced or take decades to be replaced. Dictatorships tend to be so much more unstable than other forms of government, although the Central Asian nations have done pretty well so far. If I had to guess, I would say that Kazakhstan is probably the most likely to face internal unrest because of it's large Russian population, border with Russia and it's slow drift away from Moscow. For example, it moved it's Capital further north, encouraged ethnic Kazahks to move further north and has changed it's alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin.
India did try to build a pipeline but Pakistan blocked it despite the fact that they would both benefit (plus the central Asian states would get access to the sea
india has made some moves - but it's not very fruitful from india's point of view , we can't antagonize the russians , but the most important one is - we don't share a land border , and the other country that does is pakistan so, it's next to impossible to ensure safe and secure transfer of goods to and fro from that region. however - we are now getting in the game -via a port in iran - chahabahar port , and iran might provide great movement of goods from central asia by land border and than by sea route. just like chinese belt and road initiative - india , iran russia etc are involved in a north south corridor that'll go from iran in south - to russia in the east up till europe. once those logistics are done - india can be more forward in regard to the central asians, the one thing the video creator has missed is that the countries bordering china also have territorial issues with china - which claims about half of tajakistan as chinese territory. So , we can deduce safely that even central asians would love to have another big country in the mix - like USA and India, in the given situation india is a natural ally for them - the only problem is that , india has a long ally in russia and we'll never intentionally want to antagonize russia - there is also very very deep soft power based friendship on both sides (however the first rule of geopolitics is no permanent allies and no permanent friends ) , so only future can tell. but rest assure indians are there and they are planning to stay
India has done the most outreach in Central Asia even more than there own backyard where they more or less gave all the toss up minors who might work with india unlike Pakistan in South Asia like Sri Lanka or Bangladesh to the Chinese sphere on a silver platter.
10:38 Fun fact: Vyacheslav Nikonov is also a grandson of Vyacheslav Molotov, whom he was named after. It seems that the rotten apple didn't fall far from the rotten tree.
As a German I manage to surprise my fellow country people by pointing out that there are quite a few German/Korean families in Kazakhstan. All thanks to good ole Joe.
Yeah, how? And what's a Pontic? Is that like a place that makes the Pontiac car, or is it the name of a band or Is it near Greekland where the Grecians come from? I like gyros.
Russia already took the northern part of Kazakhstan during Soviet time and departed Karakalpakstan from it. The Russian cities called Orenburg, Saratov, Astrakhan, Omby, Tumen are historically Kazakh land. There are 1-2 million ethnic Kazakh living in Russia. Moreover this year more than 200 ethnic Kazakh soldiers died in Russia-Ukraine war sadly. The man-made great famine during 1930s took 4 million Kazakh lives, it means 2/3 of entire population at that time.
@@nobodyfromnowhere3597 We should let more people to know about the truths, what Russian did to Kazakh people was so bad. Russian thought they will made us disappear from the earth, to be like Nogai, Tatar, Bashkirs not well known minority in “great Russia”.
@@nobodyfromnowhere3597 tell that to Kremlin imperialists. Russian power is falling apart. Kazakhstan can't directly break all connections with Russia, it is impossible geographically. However it is became apparent, that it is better to search other possibilities in diplomacy, since Russia is very much unstable and toxic neighbor atm. Hopes for Ukranie. And for Russians to break the autocracy.
@@9zetsu Go through History Empires are part of a human condition and it’s a western propaganda that Russia is falling apart if anything it is resurgent and only a complete dumbass will antagonize Russia just fucking swallow it. Ensuring stability and carefully navigating between the great 5 powers is the only way forward but make no fucking mistake the western Powers are far away and with China is over some serious mountain range Kazakhstan is firmly in Russian sphere of influence.
As a citizen of Kazakhstan I can say that I don’t want any wars but I am afraid for my country I don’t support putin’s invasion I’d like to be in peace with all countries
@@ХорошийЧеловек-с7п it is sad that you people have to lose so many people's lives, also the Russian families of course. Just because of the ideas of one madman. It is surprising to me how many in Asia believe that is the Ukraine who is the aggressor. China has indoctrinated the people here. But it seems it is necessary making it clear once for all, that you are an independent, sovereign country. Next week some neat toys from Germany will arrive, so I heard.
Russian imperialism is about to die. The people will have their independence and become wealthy. Many are resource rich and kept poor. Russia keeps everyone poor. Intentionally
@@VajrahahaShunyata great American empire in central Asia a Muslim hating empire whose appetite is unmatched if Russia falls their will be no independence but more fighting between the east and west over domination in central Asia don't be a child
as a kazakh myself, i personally root for the unification of central asian countries into one state, together we could rival russia and china without anyones intervention
It could work. Only problem is that either krygyzstan or Tajikistan will need to be left out since they don't really get along with each other. Also the Turkmenistan ruler wouldn't want to give up his power.
@@hellothere1656 they do not get along due to ferghana valley issue, if we unite economically and militarily and share our borders then this issues will be solved then I see no problem
Will that work with the guy in Turkmenistan? No doubt he won’t give up power easily. I think it’s a great idea though and much needed for regional independence of Turks. Europe is energy hungry and they will happily supply vast sums for those hydrocarbons.
It's time to think about investing in Turkish Bonds and the possibility of nato expansion in Turkey to allow for Kazakhstan opportunity to self determination of their regional alliances. The Turks have had a role in opposing the Russian expansion from the very beginning because of their geography and we have belief that they will continue to "try" to act benevolently for the future of their regional stability and sovereignty despite Russia's presence and efforts.
Great video 👍 I've some historic mentions, Central Asia is not Iranian, or Russian, or Chinese historic territory and it never was. Central Asia is turkic land, in ancient times it was called Turkistan, many turkic countries, empires existed and many turkic nations lived on this land thousands years ago. It's history, and it's very important to know it to don't make wrong thoughts or statements.
Actually Iran was ruled by turkic nations for very long time, not vice-versa. And if we will talk about historic lands and who should be returning lands, then Russia should return all of it's lands that it took from Tatars, Bashkirs, Yakuts, Kazakhs, Crimean Tatars and etc, Iran should return it's land back to Azerbaijan, and China should give back it's western territories to Uyghurs.
Most of the historic buildings were build not by iranians, but by turkic people. For example Ulugbeks medrese in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) was build by turkic scientist Ulugbek, in turkic empire of Timurids, and so on.
And Anatolia was European and all slavs come from the Urals and Caucasus so what, conquest changed things. so unless Turks give back Constantinople and Anatolia let's keep the things like there are.
That's true. But you can only dream of unity with the fake Turks (wannabe Ottomans in Turkey). Over our dead Iranian body. I say that as an Azerbaijani Turk from Iran
Russia's colonial domination of Central Asia was definitely one of the more bizarre and hypocritical aspects of Soviet rule. Turkey and Iran are definitely a more natural fit when it comes to cultural and even economic influence in the region.
Its the Turks job to maintain the regional stability with their massive army. Israel is also widely feared in the Middle East. Iran could be a good candidate, but an totally Islamic state can never have the power to act as such. I've talked many Iranians and they've said they are fed up with Islam. A revolution is coming the next 5 years.
Bit of a correction, the maps on this show the Aral sea in its full extent... Then when showing the silk road map it shows the current state of the sea when it wasn't like that in 100ad
One of the best videos I have seen on this subject - actually, the best. Very cohesive, weaving together the many and complex factors which affect the different countries' relations with Russia, the West, each other and others such as Turkey and Iran. Very, very interesting to me were the insights into the mind and stance of the leaders of these former Soviet, central Asian republics. This may reveal a degree of blind prejudice or even disdain I have held for those countries - with no obvious axe to grins or angle to be found, the narrative of this segment overall painted a surprisingly independent, sure-footed, moderate and sophisticated picture, particularly of Kazakhstan and its leader. Whilst I am sure all the countries in the region have issues - some even serious - the quiet, restrained and reasonable-seeming Tokayev appears to be very much keeping his country's options open and not being led like a bull with a nose ring at all. No wonder Putin appears to have bypassed Kazakhstan - metaphorically and literally - to go and chat up the Iranians. Already to my way of processing it, that move seems like scraping the barrel and he's got no real friends with the Turks - given his Imperial pretensions, he must feel embarrassed sniffing around Erdoğan which is confirmed by the lack of any warmth between them - despite finding himself on the same side as Turkey (or more accurately, at least not against it) in the recent appalling business in Syria, Putin will be only too acutely aware of the historic enmity between them. Whilst even deep rooted rivalries can be changed - and obviously both countries have undergone drastic changes in their respective types of government in the last 100 years, there are good geopolitical reasons for Turkey to remain suspicious of Russia, not to mention its much more west facing alignment. If Tokayev is just being canny and a little bit calculating, the Chinese are being more like the animal they love so much - the Praying Mantis - so once more, in my assessment China - asides from their own deep historical issues, not to mention vast cultural differences with Russia - are playing a wait and watch game, in no way wishing to add to its own troubling - and mounting - economic and domestic problems by being seen internationally as closely aligned with Russia. I'm sorry, but Putin is doomed.... everyone knows Russia's in the wrong - yes, even the Tibet-filching Chinese. The Russian president may just as well put his own revolver to his head now and get it over with....
Bro his videos are just pseudo scientific cope which uses thisng that sound smart but in relaity he is just a slaty pole witha salty audience who will have to cipe even harder when ukraine loses and try to turn the situation around by comming up with some excuse.
18:18 "Neo-Ottoman inclinations, or the idea of Panturkism". It really doesn't make much sense to equate Neo-Ottomanism with Panturkism, except in that both would tend to make Turkey more powerful (noting that Turkey's population is somewhat larger the the other Turkic-majority states combined, and it's certainly more powerful than any individually, and maybe than all combined). The Ottoman empire didn't include any of the modern Turkic-majority countries except Turkey itself and Azerbaijan (though it's predecessor, the Seljuk Empire, did start in Turkmenistan, which explains why the Turkmen language is closer to Turkish and Azerbaijani than to it's Central Asian neighbors, since the Turks who colonized modern Azerbaijan and Turkey originally came with the Seljuks from Turkmenistan). On the other hand, the Ottoman empire, DID control most of the Arab world (by population, though they never controlled Oman or Morocco nor the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula) and a large part of Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Crimea, Albania, some of Yugoslavia), and non-Turkic parts of the Caucasus (Armenia, and Georgia). Thus, the Ottoman empire is a classic multinational empire like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which doesn't exactly gel with the multi-state ethno-nationalism of Panturkism, unless your perspective is just that Turks are better than Arabs, Berbers, Armenians, Georgians, Greeks, Albanians, Slavs, or Romanians, and that Turks need to help each other and suppress the others. (That is, they both work with, or could at least be made to work with what I call asymmetric Turkic nationalism, but they don't work with symmetric nationalism or democratic nationalism, unless you want democracy for core regions and colonial rule for others, like France or UK, or are suggesting ethnic cleansing of large, populous parts of the Earth, like the Nazis, or many other people throughout history in both cases.)
Turk here. Turanism/Turkism and Ottomanism are not mutually exclusive. Turkey has multidimensional policy also called strategic depth. Pan-Turkism is used in a derogatory sense by anti-Turkish groups (in Iran etc.) however it is not a 'Turkish supremacist' ideology. For the multi-ethnic part: Turkey is a nation-state so Pan-Turkism is OK. If Turkey ever creates some sort of superstate, Pan-Turkism may be revised, however this is not needed at the moment. Only after a superstate there will be a genuine neo-Ottomanism, which implies a multi-ethnic superstate (something like the Russian Federation but not exactly).
@@0x7770-x They may not be mutually exclusive, so he could have said "and", but I think his "or" implies they're different words for the same idea, though I recognize "or" doesn't always mean that.
A lot of people are just now realizing Kazakhstan is a lot more than the butt of jokes from Borat. The country is actually quite large and strategically important in the region.
It is just a western nonsense movie randomly choosing Kazakhstan as its main character’s home country. while Kazakhs are a Mongoloid Muslim Turkic ethnic group, the movie shows a white Eastern European nation similar to Romania or something. So it has nothing to do with Kazakhstan and the Kazakhs themselves are confused about it
@@LogicaetRatio-r8z It actually was Romania where the original Borat movie was filmed. A village of mostly. Roma people. So yeah, not actually Kazakh people. Sacha Baron-Cohen basically picked Kazakhstan as the nation because he knew most Westerners probably never heard of the country, let alone knew what typical Kazakh people look like.
Very informative video. Even the comments field is informative 👍 Would love to visit the region as a tourist and learn more about the people and culture of Central Asia.
It certainly looks like Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian country that is trying to break away from Russian dependency. This really surprised me considering that the Kazakh president Toqaev owns lots of property in Russia, was educated there and is involved in Russian corruption schemes. His political power rests on Russia having sent soldiers to quell anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, so to Moscow it would certainly look as if he is betraying the ally that consolidated his power. He really has to tread carefully, but so far Kazakhstan has won the day. They are getting independent and profit from playing out the grand powers against each other. I personally think that Putin is already planning a hardline response to Kazakh "rebelliousness", but Kazakhstan knows that Russia can't afford a military attack on Kazakhstan right now, so Toqaev can do what he does for as long as the Ukraine disaster is going on, and so far it is looking like this might go on for a LONG time.
Today former Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev called Kazakhstan as "Fake State" or "Artificial State". This post was published on VK(Russian facebook), of course then it was deleted. But it never happens accidentally in Russian policy. That was a message
It's a very dangerous game, that border is huge and if Russia chooses to invade there is nobody to help. Ukraine is only still alive because of the flood of European weapons coming in from the west, there's no such corridor for Kazakhstan.
I expect very bold steps from the major players in Central Asia like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, many breakthroughs, more precisely from the people who live there. It is worth admitting that the dictatorial presidents would still remain pro-Russian but after the war between Russia and Ukraine. People have strongly felt the economic and social problems, therefore, rallies are breaking out, the purpose of which is to overthrow the presidents and bring real people's democratic people to power. The population of the region is changing, more interested in life in the country, becoming more intelligent. It was hard to imagine such a thing, and there would be little interest in the region among foreign players such as the European Union, America, etc. If, I am sure Ukraine wins the war, then the Central Asian region will change first and the political arena in Russia itself will change, which will lead to democratic rule or the collapse of Russia. After changing life in Central Asia. Слава Украине. Алға Орта Азия елдері
I don't expect much from Uzbekistan though. Kazakhstan can actually push through these independent actions because they have a lot of resources and are quite rich, but Uzbekistan is quite poor and they have a large population which they have to feed and keep employed, so they need some foreign power to import necessities from and to get remittances from.
@@lupen_rein come on we are not that poor. We don't have much resources and less people as Kazakhstan has. But people is main strength in every society and economy.
in Afghanistan, we have a new movement, Khorasan, since august 15. Tajik of every city has started to think about a new idea, which was discussed privately between families. but now it is everywhere, that is the freedom (separation) from the Pashtuns, the birth of a new nation, Khorasan, consisting of Tajiks of Afghanistan, Hazara, Turkmen, and Uzbek of Afghanistan. mostly Afgan intectuals from the west, now seek federalization or worst case separation after the incoming Talib collapse. Afghanistan is a ticking bomb and will be an ethnic massacre this time.
Bruh, western Europeans don't care about eastern Europeans getting slaughtered, northern Europeans don't care about southern Europeans being flooded with illegal migrants... How do expect us to care about central Asia? It's way out of reach.
Like middle east right? Surprised how after west intervention in Middle east, terrorist and illegal activity increase to unbelievable level. Why is that?
Wow awesome! As a Central Asian watcher (and Tajik/Russian speaker), I have to say this is a thorough and accurate video. Although, I would have liked to see some info about India, which actually had an airbase in Tajikistan that was never used. Surely, they must be looking at Central Asia as well.
I think All the nations in Central Asia must have a very close and friendly relationship against all those super powers! All the Central asians see their neighbour countries as their brothers and sisters. And Authorities also must apply very strong relationship for their own benefit and unity of Turkish population and safety. From Uzbekistan with big wishful bright future to Our neighbour countries!!!
@@shokhrukhabduahadov3985 throwing up random data doesn't make analysis deep. Actual thought is different, did you know that? I guess not, after all, the mufti with a stupid beard told me that Russia bad, 52yo pedophile prophet good! Allakh babakh! He cannot be wrong can he?????
Uzbekistan is a special case in Central Asia, low levels of Russian population, economic advantages over their neighbours. They don't fear or need Moscow and have their own vision about their own future. The US State Department and CIA could really widen the rift between Tashkent and Moscow with concerted effort and the Uzbeks would probably be open to it.
About 18-20% of Uzbekistans GDP is a money transfers from uzbek migrants in Russia. So Russia has negotiating power. It is also largest working migrant ethnic group in Russia. I would not say that Uzbekistan is a special case here.
i have heard a different take on kazakhstan, in that the kazakhs try to appear critical of moskow outwardly, while telling the russians which depots of sanctioned goods are currently unguarded at their border. that they try to appear in line with the west to avoid sanctions to provide a backdoor for russia.
Well, as a Ukrainian I would disagree with this version. I am in touch with a lot of people from Kazakhstan and I can say that they genuinely support Ukraine in the war. We have commonly complicated relations with imperialistic Russia and both nations remember the massive hunger that was artificially caused by Stalin in the 1930s. Right now the position of the Kazakh president directly reflects the position of the Kazakh people and they recognize that the “help” of Russia during the January events had a very clear point, which is obviously not to save and secure the Kazakh people. They also massively show their support on the internet and media, with hundreds of videos, thousands of comments in support of Ukraine, crowdfunding for humanitarian help, and donations to Ukraine. So I can definitely say that they sincerely support us and by looking at all the atrocities caused by the Russian military they gradually become more and more Russophobic and see Russians imperialists as their prospective enemies who they need to distance from. Love to Kazakhstan from Ukraine 🇺🇦❤️🇰🇿
@@maksymkazimir6573 with nationstates there is always a difference between the people they represent and their government. especially with dictatorships, but also democracies. coming from a german, i wish wed send more to you.
@@naiveideen1638 you are basically right because current presidents policy towards russian-kazakh relation is kept secret. Kazakhstan is the only "safe" backdoor to international high tech as they have a huge influence over Kazakhstan and can somehow manipulate their economic situation.
I am not a pro in geopolitics, however I am from Kazakhstan and I don’t see many Kazakhs here. So here’s my 5 cents. 1. Kazakhs are the majority in Kazakhstan (more than 80%). Many cities now speak entirely Kazakh. The assumption that we have huge Russian influence come from big cities where historically the Russians and other Slavic groups were dislocated . And now even the bigger cities are becoming less Russian. The Russians who live in Kazakhstan are now loosing their Russian identity slowly. In 5-10 years the will be no Russian influence. That’s why Putin is concerned with Kazakhstan politics and try to interfere. 2. Turkey is recognized as a very close ally of Kazakhstan by fellow Kazakhs but we don’t feel closeness to the Turkish people in reality. We don’t speak the same language, we don’t look similar and live too far away from each other and we had many bad experiences in early 00s with Turkish companies coming here and exploiting the local population and treating us like animals. Overall Turkish people (not turkey) have a bad reputation and are not considered as “brothers”. Even tho turkey is more preferable ally than Russia for the long run since they recognize our independence and culture 3. Regarding other central Asian countries - Kazakhstan stays out as a major economic player. I do think economically and socially Kazakhstan have surpassed other middle eastern countries like Iran, Pakistan etc (we have higher living standards for sure) so we don’t consider THE MIDDLE EAST and other Muslim countries as Allies. We’d prefer to change the name of the country in order to not be associated with underdeveloped Middle East also because religion is not our second identity. So when people here suggest Iran as a legitimate partner for Kazakhstan - it’s actually laughable. We Kazakhs are different from other Central Asia, even tho we recognize them as our closest relatives. Kazakhstan is considering alliance from developed countries mostly like s.Korea; Europe, Great Britain etc 4. Kazakh are well aware that the west and CCP is not a better alternative to Russia but we are trying to balance it out while we become stronger country. And for now it means slowly but surely decreasing Russian influence
"The West and CCP are not better alternatives to Russia.." Well the West aren't even thinking of taking Kazakh territory. The CCP maybe want some of your territory. (Parts of old Qing dynasty China). Russia is CONSTANTLY dreaming of taking ALL of your territory. Very sorry you will always have them as neighbors. Those in the West who support Russia's invasion do not understand how dangerous it is living next such a neurotic power.
Is Russia gaining anything from this war? Maybe I’m missing something but it seems like a huge miscalculation. Even if they were to take all of Ukraine it has cost them far more than they could potentially gain for generations.
Russia tries to secure eastern Ukraine along with Crimea because there are large oil, gas and coal reserves, so that Russia maintains its status of sole supplier of those commodities to Europe.
Ok. That may be their intention but it may have backfired. That’s kinda like saying the trillions of dollars the US spent on messing up Iraq was worth it in some way.
I guess to put in a nutshell what I’m thinking is I have known people that do shady and illegal things to try to get ahead but when you consider the costs of being shady they would likely be better off in the end doing things on the up and up.
Very interesting. The assumption l would question is “when Russia gets back on its feet”. I am not at all sure this is going to happen in the foreseeable future. The western powers are in the business of systematic degradation of the Russian state in order to preserve the world order. This is not just to defeat and punish Russia but to send a message to China and any other state which seeks to expand its borders by means of war. The way it is seen in Washington and elsewhere is that it is better to endure the pain it inflicts on the west now than a future where wars like Ukraine are endemic. With the invasion of Ukraine the Russians crossed a red line they did not know existed because they believed the west was weak and corrupt. The price they will pay is defeat and destitution. None of the countries they believe to be vassal states wish to be so nor is any blind to Chinese hyper nationalism. I disagree with people who see the twenty first century as one which sees western power ebbing away. On the contrary l see it reasserting itself and gathering new allies.
As a turk myself, i wish well for all my brothers who speak turkic. Hardships don't bother me, but we must stay together instead of being divided. Now arabs want to make us their guardian dogs by injecting religious fanatism, russians trying to keep us down by dispersing us, europeans are ready to play us. We really have no one but each other. From the siberia to the europe, one means "bir". We must hold on to each other.
I wouldn't say the Americans lost. Holding a place like Afghanistan for 20 years with so little amount of men is pretty good. And look at the casualty count. Yes they lost many good people but still less then 2,500 Americans lost their lives. That is impressive.
americans never lost militarily - it was more about politics americans never respected or cared about the sensibilities of the afghans - losing support of the indigenous populations sure they killed much more and lost little - but they also piled up fat 100 dollar stacks in tax dollars which were then thrown into a fire pit everyday if america was willing to go all "japanese in nanaking" on the afghani asss or nazi - then sure they would have won but imagine what they were fighting with - the best weapons in the world - support from all 4 directions and best foods etc and they fought against half hungry full time farmers , labourers , vegetable sellers etc who had outdated aks and few bullets - who ate grass literally at times.
There were a few opportunities for the US to have won, but we were never able to take advantage of them. In the end, the Afghanistan war was about locking down a lawless part of the world where global terrorism and organized crime could thrive until an opportunity would arise to dump the problem onto an adversary. The reason why we chose to leave when we did was because Russia and China would receive all the blowback from our withdrawal. Now Russia is desperate to avoid a refugee crisis in Central Asia and China is forced to pay regular bribes to the Taliban so they don't rent out their country to Uighur separatists.
That 20 years was a shame. They didn't even explained the world what they achieved I'm that 20 years. And for what?? It's not the holding of a country was the big deal, but their military strategy and the execution of that! A they were destroyed the Iraqi military and seized Bagdad literally in just days.
Ah, the Roaring 20's. It's truly fascinating to see just how much the world is changing by this war. All of the bad blood coming back with a quickness. I've been interested in the region since I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. I had no idea Russia's disgusting "resettlement" policy stretched that far back. Thanks for another great report, GTBT!
Great video. Central Asia is right to seek other partners besides Russia. I don't think war is much of a threat, as Russia is demonstrating its ineptitude daily in Ukraine. If the nations in CA can band together in a cooperative agreement, it would give them far more bargaining power with Russia or any other partner. As an American, it is easy to see the value of increasing CA's regional autonomy and development, it is just a shame that all their external options suck. China's BRI and debt trap diplomacy should warn CA nations against partnering with China under any circumstances; Iran is no better and would see CA as a potential conquest, not allies; Turkey is experiencing domestic problems of its own. Personally, I think India would be the best option, but geography hampers this option significantly. The region, being landlocked, prevents much chance of a strategic partnership with the US, and nothing short of war would be able to redraw the borders, limiting US involvement even more so than India. Which is a shame because Central Asia offers so damn much and is frankly a beautiful land with a storied history besides.
If these nations were democracies they might be able to band together and protect themselves from any foreign influence. Their potential allies all carry too much baggage. I see the best bet as connecting to Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is hopefully drawing to a close, and it seems clear that these nations have little hope of joining the EU so their best bet is to bad together.
@@somebody700 Democracy is a shit system, but the best system out there. The alternative is always worse. In the case of the US they really have a shit system. If they where a normal mutli-party system both the dem and rep parties wouldn't exist anymore.
@@somebody700 Still doesn't justify these dictatorships (although the point about a democratic central Asia being able to protect itself is definitely dubious). Neither dictatorship nor plutocracy is good for the average citizen. The meritocracies of certain Chinese dynasties were remarkably effective at moral governance over a large empire, but I doubt we'll see any sort of resurgence in that. Technocracy was an interesting concept that almost feels like a westernized version of this as well, but again that flopped due to bad timing.
@@somebody700 It seems that your perspective is based on what your view of the role of government. If the role of government is to provide government services effectively - then one may have an argument in favor of dictatorship. If the role of government is to protect the rights of its citizens - then the best answer to date is a democratic system. Surveys like the one you referenced are dubious as those in the polling industry are well aware that they can achieve any desired result based on the questions they ask. For example, if an American is asked if they think the overturning of Roe v. Wade was good for America - they may say no based on their perception of the upheaval it caused. If they are asked whether or not they support states being able to restrict abortion - that same person may say yes based on their personal beliefs about abortion. As a general note, pointing out the problems of the democratic system is only an effective argument if you can point to a system that doesn't have that problem and also achieves the same or better results in other areas.
@@StuffandThings_ My claim that these nations being democracies would help is based on historical fact that at least one political force will always represent a given position. So in the case of the border disputes that keep tensions high between some of the "-stans" - a nationalist party may refuse concessions, but a liberal party may support concessions. This can occur simply because opposing a position gives a political party something to campaign on. A dictatorship has no reason to consider these reasons. Also, dictators are loath to show any form of weakness so any type of concession in favor of cohesion is less likely under these regimes.
They don't have a choice to be honest. Russia keeps threatening its nearby post soviet countries and Kazakhstan is one of them. Historically Kazakhstan and Ukraine both experienced soviet famine so they might understand each other well in some points. But on the other hand they are afraid of Russia's threat and also Kazakhstan is one of Russia's trade partner. So it's not easy for them.
I've seen videos and interviews that suggest the youth population of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are increasingly leaning toward western culture. With the advent of the Internet, they can now see what the rest of the world is like.
we have had the Internet in Kazakhstan for 20 years, we are not Afghanistan for you. We are a fairly developed country and the most important thing is that we have a future than from some countries.
😂😂you first arrive in Kazakhstan and you will see that our youth is more developed and creative, modern, educated, stylish, I sometimes think why foreigners are so stupid where do they get such information from.
I am not an expert on geopolitics, but I do know for a fact because of my job (sales manager for agricultural cooperative, I go every year all over the Middle East) that Russia and Putin personally are very popular in the Arab / Muslim World. I think the most pro-Putin people are the Egyptians. I remember in Dubai, admiring Putin was the only thing that united Indians and Pakistanis !
You would find that sentiment generally all over africa, mostly because russia never participated in the crimes of colonialism nor did it force others to bend to it's will compared to what the collective west did and are still doing. It's also the same reason why for example Ireland is well liked by those same countries.
Yes I can confirm india is the most pro russian country in world even as our most social media is filled with love for russian and one more country which I was suprised was Indonesia it is equally pro russian as us
@@deason2365 Compared to being the operative word here. If you dig deep enough into the past you're bound to find some shit. Also just to let you know, I don't consider ussr to be russia, they are the bolsheviks handiwork, you and i know who the bolsheviks are.
I'm suspecting that China and many other countries might be looking at historical information, Soviet behavior. History will repeat if ignored. Soviet military invasion campaigns (White Russian forces assisted by Red Army) occured in the Chinese northwestern region of Xinjiang in 1934, battle of Tutung and Battle of Dawan Cheng). On August 11, 1937, Soviet ethnic Cleansing Campaign NVKD No. 00485 was ordered against Polish, systematic removal (liquidation) of all between 1937 and 1938. Removal of minorities continued from 1938 thru 1949. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, carried out deportations in 1942 (Krasnodar Krai and Sokhumi regions), 1944 (Rostov region including Georgian SSR, Armenian SSR and Azerbaijan SSR) and in 1949, any remaining in Crimea including, Greeks Turks and Dashnaks from the Black Sea coast, resulting in ethnic cleansing. And forced deportations pickup again, over and over. Including, killings and wars. Sokhumi is a city located on a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast, both the capital and largest of the Republic of Abkhazia. Its internationally recognized and considered part of Georgia caucasus. From 1992-1993, a large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing occured against the ethnic Georgian population in this region including war. Georgia effectively lost control over Abkhazia and the latter established as a de facto independent territory. Notoriously, whenever Soviets want resources they simply simply take it. The city has an airport, ports and major rail junction. Soviet governments purposefully ignore history for all regions of Europe; Sukhumi's history can be traced to the 6th century BC, settled by Greeks, who named it Dioscurias. Then, Roman period with minorities arriving. The city was named Tskhumi (Sokhumi) when it became part of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and then the Kingdom of Georgia. Please create a long bullet list of Russian invasions, military campaigns against countries and minorities, wars that took territories, forced deportations and minorities sent to penal colonies in Siberia from 1935 thru 2022. I love this channel.
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One more fact that you skipped. Millitary agreement between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In case of one country get involved in war the other have to attend
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Mission? It is Fucking Pure PROPAGANDA.
@@Zen-sx5io no. New agreement signed couple month ago
Central Asia is secretly praying for Russia's downfall
No, not secretly. We probably will be next who will be fighting with russia and its out here in peoples minds and talks
Indeed - but not to fast, so the Chinese dont come right away. Is not easy to navigate between a falling empire and a rising empire.
really but there are a lot of powers, such as China, if the Old one collapses new one will come )))
And they will expirience a downfall themselves for that.
@@pixel.voyager that the stupidest thing i have ever heard, kazakhstan has nothing to worry about
As a citizen of Tashkent I can say that Iran can only have some influence over Tajikistan because of them being Persian, but it's practically non-existent. Unfortunately, there are many people who support putin because of soviet past and anti-american attitude, but the majority just doesn't care. It's just a relatively poor region
as a resident of bishkek, i feel the Central Asian nations are leaning towards allying with Turkey as we would all like to live in a neo-ottoman world
@@christhomson8924 and turkey is nato
@@christhomson8924 I'm not Turkic, but the majority still values its independence more. Bishkek is a great city tho, hope to visit it 🚬
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In name only...
@@Metalhead_69 i am turkic. your opinion is invalid
Populations: Uzbekistan: 34m, Kyrgyzstan: 7m, Tajikistan: 10m, Turkmenistan: 6m, Kazakhstan: 19m. Total - 76m.
I didn't know Uzbekistan had a larger population than Kazakhstan!
Famine/Golodomor 1920th, 1931-34 killed half of Kazakh population. At that time kazakhs were the largest nation in Central Asia. Even now, there's only 13 million of kazakhs out of 19 millions. Our government is afraid to speak up about this genocide of Kazakh people.
@@bakhtiyarmendybay Thanks for the info, I knew of the Ukrainian Holodomor but not the Kazakh one.
@@liammullan2197 you know most minorities are affected other than Ukrainian
And funnily enough Holodomor word for Every Ethnicity in Soviet Union who got starvation not just Ukrainians and yet Ukrainian Govt Claimed the word of it
Heck Georgian people alone are the only people who didn't affected by this and yes this is the birthplace of Joseph Stalin home
@@liammullan2197 it is not as publicized as the Ukrainian one, but it is real, unfortunately. Russia is he fascist that got away, together with Austria.
The reason Russia is truly "losing" this war. Is because regardless of the outcome, they look weaker now than when they started. That hurts. Because now countries realize even a small, capable force, can do a lot of harm to Russia.
Can you elaborate? Because Ukraine is not a small force
@@mykolastrunce5457 comparatively speaking Ukraine is a smaller force. Russia had long boasted of its military and economic might and flouting its influence however for one reason or another, the boasts have fallen quite short of reality
They don't have enough manpower to protect that gigantic landmass. The Russian mindset is greatly altered by the fact that the first couple hundred years went down under Mongolian/Tatar rule in Russia. Their society was either feudal anarchy or absolut monarchy, the modernization has always done by dictators whose having names like: "Great." "The Terrible" and "The man of steel. "
and what's more important: Russia under Putin is a bully. Noone likes bullies who get their will by threats and lying about it.
Wtf are you talking about? 😂 the Donbass has been liberated, the Ukrainian army has all but collapsed, the ruble is stronger than ever, Russia and China can buy oil with their own currency which would’ve been unheard of last year, Saudi Arabia is giving the cold shoulder to the US in favor of Russia, Ukraine has practically become a failed state, and the current state of Europe has proved that you can’t destroy Russia’s economy without destroying Europe’s.
NATO has played its hand, and it was a handful of nothing versus Russia’s full house. Can’t wait to see how China follows it up.
The problem with Central Asia is that it was intentionally carved up by the Russian Empire and Soviet Union to make independence difficult. The result is the weird borders and large mix of ethnicities throughout all the countries. It is not hard to image a conflict there and by extension, proxy wars between China, Turkey, Iran, Russia and possibly the USA. So far, I'm surprised that India has not done more to reach out and strengthen relations with Central Asia to counter China and increase it's own regional influence. So far, it would seem that China has made the most in-roads into Afghanistan, by sending humanitarian aid and even meeting with Taliban officials on multiple occasions. As GTBT said, Central Asia is very important to the Belt and Road Initiative. Something I feel GTBT didn't go into enough of was the USA's influence in the region. After the Fall of Afghanistan (or Liberation, depending on your view), Joe Biden had met with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to discuss preventing radical Islamist groups from spreading over the Afghan border. I believe it was Tajikistan that actually ended up providing refuge to many government officials that fled from the Afghan Government, with nearly a dozen helicopters and many aircraft landing in the country. Winning allies in Central Asia is not just important for securing resources, but will also be important for getting support in the UN. The issue with all Central Asian countries being dictatorships is that other nations must win-over the individual leader and those leaders can change their minds almost on a whim. They can also easily be replaced or take decades to be replaced. Dictatorships tend to be so much more unstable than other forms of government, although the Central Asian nations have done pretty well so far.
If I had to guess, I would say that Kazakhstan is probably the most likely to face internal unrest because of it's large Russian population, border with Russia and it's slow drift away from Moscow. For example, it moved it's Capital further north, encouraged ethnic Kazahks to move further north and has changed it's alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin.
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India did try to build a pipeline but Pakistan blocked it despite the fact that they would both benefit (plus the central Asian states would get access to the sea
india has made some moves - but it's not very fruitful from india's point of view , we can't antagonize the russians , but the most important one is - we don't share a land border , and the other country that does is pakistan so, it's next to impossible to ensure safe and secure transfer of goods to and fro from that region. however - we are now getting in the game -via a port in iran - chahabahar port , and iran might provide great movement of goods from central asia by land border and than by sea route.
just like chinese belt and road initiative - india , iran russia etc are involved in a north south corridor that'll go from iran in south - to russia in the east up till europe. once those logistics are done - india can be more forward in regard to the central asians, the one thing the video creator has missed is that the countries bordering china also have territorial issues with china - which claims about half of tajakistan as chinese territory. So , we can deduce safely that even central asians would love to have another big country in the mix - like USA and India, in the given situation india is a natural ally for them - the only problem is that , india has a long ally in russia and we'll never intentionally want to antagonize russia - there is also very very deep soft power based friendship on both sides (however the first rule of geopolitics is no permanent allies and no permanent friends ) , so only future can tell.
but rest assure indians are there and they are planning to stay
India has done the most outreach in Central Asia even more than there own backyard where they more or less gave all the toss up minors who might work with india unlike Pakistan in South Asia like Sri Lanka or Bangladesh to the Chinese sphere on a silver platter.
I have to admire how plucky the Kazaks are when dealing with Russia. I wish them success.
Many of them are russians
@@pratiptadey2700 That may be true, but they don't appear to be following the beat of Moscow's drum.
@@nicholasconder4703 they are not. They smell weakness in Russia… They are looking to do well not starve
10:38 Fun fact: Vyacheslav Nikonov is also a grandson of Vyacheslav Molotov, whom he was named after. It seems that the rotten apple didn't fall far from the rotten tree.
A shame he does not have his grandfather last name. Much cooler.
You mea n the strong bloodline endures
As a Pontic Greek, who gets asked all the time “how do you have family from Kazakhstan”, hopefully this will show westerners so they stop asking 😂😂
Wait, how?
As a German I manage to surprise my fellow country people by pointing out that there are quite a few German/Korean families in Kazakhstan. All thanks to good ole Joe.
@@43daheat deportations mate, a lot of Polish are still in Kazakhstan .
Yeah, how? And what's a Pontic? Is that like a place that makes the Pontiac car, or is it the name of a band or Is it near Greekland where the Grecians come from? I like gyros.
Pontic Greek? Wow, your family were really lucky to survive the genocide by the Ottomans!
Russia already took the northern part of Kazakhstan during Soviet time and departed Karakalpakstan from it. The Russian cities called Orenburg, Saratov, Astrakhan, Omby, Tumen are historically Kazakh land. There are 1-2 million ethnic Kazakh living in Russia. Moreover this year more than 200 ethnic Kazakh soldiers died in Russia-Ukraine war sadly.
The man-made great famine during 1930s took 4 million Kazakh lives, it means 2/3 of entire population at that time.
How about you peace off with those claims last thing we need in Kazakhstan is Russian military shelling out northern border.
@@nobodyfromnowhere3597 We should let more people to know about the truths, what Russian did to Kazakh people was so bad. Russian thought they will made us disappear from the earth, to be like Nogai, Tatar, Bashkirs not well known minority in “great Russia”.
@@nobodyfromnowhere3597 tell that to Kremlin imperialists. Russian power is falling apart.
Kazakhstan can't directly break all connections with Russia, it is impossible geographically. However it is became apparent, that it is better to search other possibilities in diplomacy, since Russia is very much unstable and toxic neighbor atm.
Hopes for Ukranie. And for Russians to break the autocracy.
@@9zetsu Go through History Empires are part of a human condition and it’s a western propaganda that Russia is falling apart if anything it is resurgent and only a complete dumbass will antagonize Russia just fucking swallow it. Ensuring stability and carefully navigating between the great 5 powers is the only way forward but make no fucking mistake the western Powers are far away and with China is over some serious mountain range Kazakhstan is firmly in Russian sphere of influence.
@@tasbykekerey1203 Russia is a friend of Kazakhstan. I will not make a war with Russia, only with USA
As a citizen of Kazakhstan I can say that I don’t want any wars but I am afraid for my country
I don’t support putin’s invasion
I’d like to be in peace with all countries
If you want peace, you must be ready for war. Weak country like Kazakhestan is an easy target for Russia to devour.
Same as the Ukraine.
My best wishes for the people in Kazakhstan. I'm sure on the long run everything will be good.
@@krollpeter Thanks for you support 🙏
Stay strong, Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@ХорошийЧеловек-с7п it is sad that you people have to lose so many people's lives, also the Russian families of course. Just because of the ideas of one madman.
It is surprising to me how many in Asia believe that is the Ukraine who is the aggressor. China has indoctrinated the people here.
But it seems it is necessary making it clear once for all, that you are an independent, sovereign country. Next week some neat toys from Germany will arrive, so I heard.
All modern, educated, peaceful countries want to live in peace, trade and exchange knowledge.
Bold and brave moves Kazakhstan. Respect from the USA
Thx love USA from Kazakhstan
I was waiting for this subject that wasn’t covered by any media
If Russia continues to act like that, I would love to see a peacefull shared Kazakh-Ukrainian border.
Russian imperialism is about to die.
The people will have their independence and become wealthy.
Many are resource rich and kept poor.
Russia keeps everyone poor.
Intentionally
Russia just securing the Russian borders. action is extreme but it makes sense
@@sinoroman yes it made sense 100 years ago
Keep wishcasting CIA
@@VajrahahaShunyata great American empire in central Asia a Muslim hating empire whose appetite is unmatched if Russia falls their will be no independence but more fighting between the east and west over domination in central Asia don't be a child
Thanks guys, another great video. I feel I know this region much better than before.
I always look forward to videos from this channel! Thank goodness it came out while I was getting ready to eat lunch!
Thank you for this. It was well thought out and offers insights that help understanding some aspects of Central Asia.
as a kazakh myself, i personally root for the unification of central asian countries into one state, together we could rival russia and china without anyones intervention
It’d be another Yugoslavia.
It could work. Only problem is that either krygyzstan or Tajikistan will need to be left out since they don't really get along with each other. Also the Turkmenistan ruler wouldn't want to give up his power.
@@hellothere1656 they do not get along due to ferghana valley issue, if we unite economically and militarily and share our borders then this issues will be solved then I see no problem
You're at best woeful at economics.
Will that work with the guy in Turkmenistan? No doubt he won’t give up power easily.
I think it’s a great idea though and much needed for regional independence of Turks. Europe is energy hungry and they will happily supply vast sums for those hydrocarbons.
It's time to think about investing in Turkish Bonds and the possibility of nato expansion in Turkey to allow for Kazakhstan opportunity to self determination of their regional alliances. The Turks have had a role in opposing the Russian expansion from the very beginning because of their geography and we have belief that they will continue to "try" to act benevolently for the future of their regional stability and sovereignty despite Russia's presence and efforts.
NATO-Turkish relations aren’t really that good rn. Americans have even talked about removing their missiles from Turkish soil
Extreme quality content. Thanks for the information. Really interest vídeo, thanks again.
Good report. Is such a complex subject I’m surprised you got through it in only 25 minutes.
Excellent, this is the question I had and the video I was waiting for, thank you
Many uzbeks' attitude toward Russia changed rapidly this winter because of the imperial opinions of Russian diplomats and historians toward Uzbekistan
Very informative I am much more informed because of it, thank you.
Always thoughtful and well put together content. Thank you!
I wondered how long will the video be given the time gap, but didn't excpect 25 minutes. Nice work
Great video 👍
I've some historic mentions, Central Asia is not Iranian, or Russian, or Chinese historic territory and it never was. Central Asia is turkic land, in ancient times it was called Turkistan, many turkic countries, empires existed and many turkic nations lived on this land thousands years ago. It's history, and it's very important to know it to don't make wrong thoughts or statements.
Tajikistan is tajik but that's it. Other lands are turkic historically.
Actually Iran was ruled by turkic nations for very long time, not vice-versa. And if we will talk about historic lands and who should be returning lands, then Russia should return all of it's lands that it took from Tatars, Bashkirs, Yakuts, Kazakhs, Crimean Tatars and etc, Iran should return it's land back to Azerbaijan, and China should give back it's western territories to Uyghurs.
Most of the historic buildings were build not by iranians, but by turkic people. For example Ulugbeks medrese in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) was build by turkic scientist Ulugbek, in turkic empire of Timurids, and so on.
And Anatolia was European and all slavs come from the Urals and Caucasus so what, conquest changed things. so unless Turks give back Constantinople and Anatolia let's keep the things like there are.
That's true. But you can only dream of unity with the fake Turks (wannabe Ottomans in Turkey). Over our dead Iranian body. I say that as an Azerbaijani Turk from Iran
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Russia's colonial domination of Central Asia was definitely one of the more bizarre and hypocritical aspects of Soviet rule. Turkey and Iran are definitely a more natural fit when it comes to cultural and even economic influence in the region.
They killed tens of millions in death camps in the post-ww2 peace time but 👍🏻😂.
Its the Turks job to maintain the regional stability with their massive army. Israel is also widely feared in the Middle East. Iran could be a good candidate, but an totally Islamic state can never have the power to act as such. I've talked many Iranians and they've said they are fed up with Islam. A revolution is coming the next 5 years.
That region for thousands of yrs wasn't a settled area just nomadic so yeah it was very strange
Guess they wanted to get back at them for the nomadic conquest of Rus.
@@xylerian that's pretty much it
This was great. Really great piece of work
Thanks for this presentation, this region is more interesting that seems in the first glance.
Kazakhstan has been very bold! Wonderful to hear about them pull the weight of their resources
This was fascinating. Thank you for educating me on what's going on there.
Amazing video, well done 👌👏👏
Bit of a correction, the maps on this show the Aral sea in its full extent... Then when showing the silk road map it shows the current state of the sea when it wasn't like that in 100ad
One of the best videos I have seen on this subject - actually, the best. Very cohesive, weaving together the many and complex factors which affect the different countries' relations with Russia, the West, each other and others such as Turkey and Iran. Very, very interesting to me were the insights into the mind and stance of the leaders of these former Soviet, central Asian republics. This may reveal a degree of blind prejudice or even disdain I have held for those countries - with no obvious axe to grins or angle to be found, the narrative of this segment overall painted a surprisingly independent, sure-footed, moderate and sophisticated picture, particularly of Kazakhstan and its leader. Whilst I am sure all the countries in the region have issues - some even serious - the quiet, restrained and reasonable-seeming Tokayev appears to be very much keeping his country's options open and not being led like a bull with a nose ring at all. No wonder Putin appears to have bypassed Kazakhstan - metaphorically and literally - to go and chat up the Iranians. Already to my way of processing it, that move seems like scraping the barrel and he's got no real friends with the Turks - given his Imperial pretensions, he must feel embarrassed sniffing around Erdoğan which is confirmed by the lack of any warmth between them - despite finding himself on the same side as Turkey (or more accurately, at least not against it) in the recent appalling business in Syria, Putin will be only too acutely aware of the historic enmity between them. Whilst even deep rooted rivalries can be changed - and obviously both countries have undergone drastic changes in their respective types of government in the last 100 years, there are good geopolitical reasons for Turkey to remain suspicious of Russia, not to mention its much more west facing alignment. If Tokayev is just being canny and a little bit calculating, the Chinese are being more like the animal they love so much - the Praying Mantis - so once more, in my assessment China - asides from their own deep historical issues, not to mention vast cultural differences with Russia - are playing a wait and watch game, in no way wishing to add to its own troubling - and mounting - economic and domestic problems by being seen internationally as closely aligned with Russia.
I'm sorry, but Putin is doomed.... everyone knows Russia's in the wrong - yes, even the Tibet-filching Chinese. The Russian president may just as well put his own revolver to his head now and get it over with....
Bro his videos are just pseudo scientific cope which uses thisng that sound smart but in relaity he is just a slaty pole witha salty audience who will have to cipe even harder when ukraine loses and try to turn the situation around by comming up with some excuse.
Waste of time punchin your keyboard and rambling on and on. No one has the times to read your 50 lines...just sayin
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This was an amazing news program. Thank you!
18:18 "Neo-Ottoman inclinations, or the idea of Panturkism".
It really doesn't make much sense to equate Neo-Ottomanism with Panturkism, except in that both would tend to make Turkey more powerful (noting that Turkey's population is somewhat larger the the other Turkic-majority states combined, and it's certainly more powerful than any individually, and maybe than all combined). The Ottoman empire didn't include any of the modern Turkic-majority countries except Turkey itself and Azerbaijan (though it's predecessor, the Seljuk Empire, did start in Turkmenistan, which explains why the Turkmen language is closer to Turkish and Azerbaijani than to it's Central Asian neighbors, since the Turks who colonized modern Azerbaijan and Turkey originally came with the Seljuks from Turkmenistan). On the other hand, the Ottoman empire, DID control most of the Arab world (by population, though they never controlled Oman or Morocco nor the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula) and a large part of Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Crimea, Albania, some of Yugoslavia), and non-Turkic parts of the Caucasus (Armenia, and Georgia). Thus, the Ottoman empire is a classic multinational empire like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which doesn't exactly gel with the multi-state ethno-nationalism of Panturkism, unless your perspective is just that Turks are better than Arabs, Berbers, Armenians, Georgians, Greeks, Albanians, Slavs, or Romanians, and that Turks need to help each other and suppress the others. (That is, they both work with, or could at least be made to work with what I call asymmetric Turkic nationalism, but they don't work with symmetric nationalism or democratic nationalism, unless you want democracy for core regions and colonial rule for others, like France or UK, or are suggesting ethnic cleansing of large, populous parts of the Earth, like the Nazis, or many other people throughout history in both cases.)
Turkey doesn't even acknowledge ethnic massacre in their country, can't trust them to be nice with other ethnic.
Turk here. Turanism/Turkism and Ottomanism are not mutually exclusive. Turkey has multidimensional policy also called strategic depth. Pan-Turkism is used in a derogatory sense by anti-Turkish groups (in Iran etc.) however it is not a 'Turkish supremacist' ideology. For the multi-ethnic part: Turkey is a nation-state so Pan-Turkism is OK. If Turkey ever creates some sort of superstate, Pan-Turkism may be revised, however this is not needed at the moment. Only after a superstate there will be a genuine neo-Ottomanism, which implies a multi-ethnic superstate (something like the Russian Federation but not exactly).
@@0x7770-x They may not be mutually exclusive, so he could have said "and", but I think his "or" implies they're different words for the same idea, though I recognize "or" doesn't always mean that.
A lot of people are just now realizing Kazakhstan is a lot more than the butt of jokes from Borat. The country is actually quite large and strategically important in the region.
It is just a western nonsense movie randomly choosing Kazakhstan as its main character’s home country. while Kazakhs are a Mongoloid Muslim Turkic ethnic group, the movie shows a white Eastern European nation similar to Romania or something. So it has nothing to do with Kazakhstan and the Kazakhs themselves are confused about it
@@LogicaetRatio-r8z It actually was Romania where the original Borat movie was filmed. A village of mostly. Roma people. So yeah, not actually Kazakh people. Sacha Baron-Cohen basically picked Kazakhstan as the nation because he knew most Westerners probably never heard of the country, let alone knew what typical Kazakh people look like.
Hello from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Love KAZAKHSTAN from CRAMIAN TATAR BROTHER (KARDESH)
@@nothere4089 no we don’t
Love your channel. Insights and information excellent.
At 5:47 please change “Kazakhstan” to “Kyrgyzstan”.
Great work as always though
Very informative video. Even the comments field is informative 👍 Would love to visit the region as a tourist and learn more about the people and culture of Central Asia.
It certainly looks like Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian country that is trying to break away from Russian dependency. This really surprised me considering that the Kazakh president Toqaev owns lots of property in Russia, was educated there and is involved in Russian corruption schemes. His political power rests on Russia having sent soldiers to quell anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, so to Moscow it would certainly look as if he is betraying the ally that consolidated his power.
He really has to tread carefully, but so far Kazakhstan has won the day. They are getting independent and profit from playing out the grand powers against each other. I personally think that Putin is already planning a hardline response to Kazakh "rebelliousness", but Kazakhstan knows that Russia can't afford a military attack on Kazakhstan right now, so Toqaev can do what he does for as long as the Ukraine disaster is going on, and so far it is looking like this might go on for a LONG time.
Today former Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev called Kazakhstan as "Fake State" or "Artificial State". This post was published on VK(Russian facebook), of course then it was deleted. But it never happens accidentally in Russian policy. That was a message
It's a very dangerous game, that border is huge and if Russia chooses to invade there is nobody to help. Ukraine is only still alive because of the flood of European weapons coming in from the west, there's no such corridor for Kazakhstan.
I expect very bold steps from the major players in Central Asia like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, many breakthroughs, more precisely from the people who live there. It is worth admitting that the dictatorial presidents would still remain pro-Russian but after the war between Russia and Ukraine. People have strongly felt the economic and social problems, therefore, rallies are breaking out, the purpose of which is to overthrow the presidents and bring real people's democratic people to power. The population of the region is changing, more interested in life in the country, becoming more intelligent. It was hard to imagine such a thing, and there would be little interest in the region among foreign players such as the European Union, America, etc. If, I am sure Ukraine wins the war, then the Central Asian region will change first and the political arena in Russia itself will change, which will lead to democratic rule or the collapse of Russia. After changing life in Central Asia. Слава Украине. Алға Орта Азия елдері
I don't expect much from Uzbekistan though. Kazakhstan can actually push through these independent actions because they have a lot of resources and are quite rich, but Uzbekistan is quite poor and they have a large population which they have to feed and keep employed, so they need some foreign power to import necessities from and to get remittances from.
@@lupen_rein come on we are not that poor. We don't have much resources and less people as Kazakhstan has. But people is main strength in every society and economy.
They are not gonna win the war no have they inflicted any loss on russia or anything like that.
,,Democratic" yeah sure.
Another great, very informative video, thank you for what you do 🙏🏻
Great content and information
in Afghanistan, we have a new movement, Khorasan, since august 15. Tajik of every city has started to think about a new idea, which was discussed privately between families. but now it is everywhere, that is the freedom (separation) from the Pashtuns, the birth of a new nation, Khorasan, consisting of Tajiks of Afghanistan, Hazara, Turkmen, and Uzbek of Afghanistan. mostly Afgan intectuals from the west, now seek federalization or worst case separation after the incoming Talib collapse. Afghanistan is a ticking bomb and will be an ethnic massacre this time.
Your friend from india
I heard that the pastuns suppress other ethnicities in Afganistan like turkmen,Uzbek etc
Is it true please tell love from india
Hmm...that's very interesting. Hopefully things can get better there.
But Uzbek and Turkmen are Turkic people, they won’t be assimilated easily like Hazara.
@@tasbykekerey1203 uzbeks and tajiks living in quite peaceful in Uzbekistan and in Tajikistan even after independence
If that works (I am afraid it should have been 20 years ago), then think about Iranian part of Khurasan.
Highly informative and well researched video. Thank you very much!
Excellent video. A shame we get so little media coverage of this part of the world in Brazil. Thank you !
Very interesting video of a region I don't know so much about!
Love the video. Everything is investigated perfectly, I can say as Kazakhstani. Love for Poland! Слава Украине! Алга Орта Азия Елдері!
AMAZING WORK!
It's a shame most Europeans don't realize how important Central Asia is. It might end up being a very harsh awakening for Europe.
Bruh, western Europeans don't care about eastern Europeans getting slaughtered, northern Europeans don't care about southern Europeans being flooded with illegal migrants... How do expect us to care about central Asia? It's way out of reach.
Like middle east right? Surprised how after west intervention in Middle east, terrorist and illegal activity increase to unbelievable level. Why is that?
Will west do the same thing again in CA?
What are they gonna do... its in the door step of Russia and China.
I agree, it’s so overlooked but I think it’s possibly one of the most important regions in terms of global geopolitics
Great analysis thank you
Wow awesome! As a Central Asian watcher (and Tajik/Russian speaker), I have to say this is a thorough and accurate video. Although, I would have liked to see some info about India, which actually had an airbase in Tajikistan that was never used. Surely, they must be looking at Central Asia as well.
@Armando Tarziu Yes I agree, especially the continued human rights violations by the Uzbek government. Such incisive commentary.
I think All the nations in Central Asia must have a very close and friendly relationship against all those super powers! All the Central asians see their neighbour countries as their brothers and sisters. And Authorities also must apply very strong relationship for their own benefit and unity of Turkish population and safety.
From Uzbekistan with big wishful bright future to Our neighbour countries!!!
Things are getting very interesting in Central Asia
Very interesting indeed. Thank you.
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I dont know what you did but we really need that old ominous microphone quality back!!!!!
Its been gone for about three videos now and I miss it
Such a deep analysis in this video. Eagerly waiting for your videos regarding Karakalpakistan's last occasions
WHAT was deep in this piece of propaganda you mo Ron?
@@арефнар said kremlin bot
@@арефнар I am from Uzbekistan, and he mentioned even small facts about Uzbekistan which are not widely known.
@@shokhrukhabduahadov3985 throwing up random data doesn't make analysis deep. Actual thought is different, did you know that? I guess not, after all, the mufti with a stupid beard told me that Russia bad, 52yo pedophile prophet good! Allakh babakh! He cannot be wrong can he?????
I love your accent and these videos!
Uzbekistan is a special case in Central Asia, low levels of Russian population, economic advantages over their neighbours.
They don't fear or need Moscow and have their own vision about their own future.
The US State Department and CIA could really widen the rift between Tashkent and Moscow with concerted effort and the Uzbeks would probably be open to it.
exactly, Uzbekistan always showed its independent attitude towards Russia and even China, Central Asia cannot be united without Uzbekistan
About 18-20% of Uzbekistans GDP is a money transfers from uzbek migrants in Russia. So Russia has negotiating power. It is also largest working migrant ethnic group in Russia.
I would not say that Uzbekistan is a special case here.
Excellent! Thank You again!!!
For another piece of totally ukrofascist conformant propaganda!
@@арефнар Spoken like a true Russian fascist. (Ruscist) Paranoid, violent and xenophobic!!!
Go kazaks!
i have heard a different take on kazakhstan, in that the kazakhs try to appear critical of moskow outwardly, while telling the russians which depots of sanctioned goods are currently unguarded at their border. that they try to appear in line with the west to avoid sanctions to provide a backdoor for russia.
That's already what is happening and the Kazahks are using it as leverage against Russia.
Yeah especially since Russia helped the government during protests
Well, as a Ukrainian I would disagree with this version. I am in touch with a lot of people from Kazakhstan and I can say that they genuinely support Ukraine in the war. We have commonly complicated relations with imperialistic Russia and both nations remember the massive hunger that was artificially caused by Stalin in the 1930s. Right now the position of the Kazakh president directly reflects the position of the Kazakh people and they recognize that the “help” of Russia during the January events had a very clear point, which is obviously not to save and secure the Kazakh people. They also massively show their support on the internet and media, with hundreds of videos, thousands of comments in support of Ukraine, crowdfunding for humanitarian help, and donations to Ukraine. So I can definitely say that they sincerely support us and by looking at all the atrocities caused by the Russian military they gradually become more and more Russophobic and see Russians imperialists as their prospective enemies who they need to distance from.
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@@maksymkazimir6573 with nationstates there is always a difference between the people they represent and their government. especially with dictatorships, but also democracies.
coming from a german, i wish wed send more to you.
@@naiveideen1638 you are basically right because current presidents policy towards russian-kazakh relation is kept secret. Kazakhstan is the only "safe" backdoor to international high tech as they have a huge influence over Kazakhstan and can somehow manipulate their economic situation.
Well done, thanks
Missed your videos, thank you for your hard work. 🇺🇦 ❤️
Very interesting, thank you
I am not a pro in geopolitics, however I am from Kazakhstan and I don’t see many Kazakhs here. So here’s my 5 cents.
1. Kazakhs are the majority in Kazakhstan (more than 80%). Many cities now speak entirely Kazakh. The assumption that we have huge Russian influence come from big cities where historically the Russians and other Slavic groups were dislocated . And now even the bigger cities are becoming less Russian. The Russians who live in Kazakhstan are now loosing their Russian identity slowly. In 5-10 years the will be no Russian influence. That’s why Putin is concerned with Kazakhstan politics and try to interfere.
2. Turkey is recognized as a very close ally of Kazakhstan by fellow Kazakhs but we don’t feel closeness to the Turkish people in reality. We don’t speak the same language, we don’t look similar and live too far away from each other and we had many bad experiences in early 00s with Turkish companies coming here and exploiting the local population and treating us like animals. Overall Turkish people (not turkey) have a bad reputation and are not considered as “brothers”. Even tho turkey is more preferable ally than Russia for the long run since they recognize our independence and culture
3. Regarding other central Asian countries - Kazakhstan stays out as a major economic player. I do think economically and socially Kazakhstan have surpassed other middle eastern countries like Iran, Pakistan etc (we have higher living standards for sure) so we don’t consider THE MIDDLE EAST and other Muslim countries as Allies. We’d prefer to change the name of the country in order to not be associated with underdeveloped Middle East also because religion is not our second identity. So when people here suggest Iran as a legitimate partner for Kazakhstan - it’s actually laughable. We Kazakhs are different from other Central Asia, even tho we recognize them as our closest relatives. Kazakhstan is considering alliance from developed countries mostly like s.Korea; Europe, Great Britain etc
4. Kazakh are well aware that the west and CCP is not a better alternative to Russia but we are trying to balance it out while we become stronger country. And for now it means slowly but surely decreasing Russian influence
"The West and CCP are not better alternatives to Russia.."
Well the West aren't even thinking of taking Kazakh territory.
The CCP maybe want some of your territory. (Parts of old Qing dynasty China).
Russia is CONSTANTLY dreaming of taking ALL of your territory.
Very sorry you will always have them as neighbors. Those in the West who support Russia's invasion do not understand how dangerous it is living next such a neurotic power.
Great video!
Excellent. I'm sharing.
Is Russia gaining anything from this war? Maybe I’m missing something but it seems like a huge miscalculation. Even if they were to take all of Ukraine it has cost them far more than they could potentially gain for generations.
Lol have you look at the Donbas region resource , Russia basically just take 1/3 of e oil reserves and 1/4 of the most fertile land form Ukraine
Russia tries to secure eastern Ukraine along with Crimea because there are large oil, gas and coal reserves, so that Russia maintains its status of sole supplier of those commodities to Europe.
Ok. That may be their intention but it may have backfired. That’s kinda like saying the trillions of dollars the US spent on messing up Iraq was worth it in some way.
Actually it’s kinda worse than that because at least the US didn’t suffer much international backlash. If any.
I guess to put in a nutshell what I’m thinking is I have known people that do shady and illegal things to try to get ahead but when you consider the costs of being shady they would likely be better off in the end doing things on the up and up.
Very informative.
Very interesting. The assumption l would question is “when Russia gets back on its feet”. I am not at all sure this is going to happen in the foreseeable future. The western powers are in the business of systematic degradation of the Russian state in order to preserve the world order. This is not just to defeat and punish Russia but to send a message to China and any other state which seeks to expand its borders by means of war. The way it is seen in Washington and elsewhere is that it is better to endure the pain it inflicts on the west now than a future where wars like Ukraine are endemic. With the invasion of Ukraine the Russians crossed a red line they did not know existed because they believed the west was weak and corrupt. The price they will pay is defeat and destitution. None of the countries they believe to be vassal states wish to be so nor is any blind to Chinese hyper nationalism. I disagree with people who see the twenty first century as one which sees western power ebbing away. On the contrary l see it reasserting itself and gathering new allies.
Great video i love that it’s long enough to begin to explain the complexities of the geo-politics in the region.
As a turk myself, i wish well for all my brothers who speak turkic. Hardships don't bother me, but we must stay together instead of being divided. Now arabs want to make us their guardian dogs by injecting religious fanatism, russians trying to keep us down by dispersing us, europeans are ready to play us. We really have no one but each other. From the siberia to the europe, one means "bir". We must hold on to each other.
Just saw the leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran holding hands at their summit today.
While Iranians refused to supply their drones to Putin and Turkey have no problems sending their Bayraktars to Ukraine...
Sarkozy was holding hands with Gaddafi as well. Gaddafi even funded his campaign for elections
Aww, they're showing their LGBT support!
Thank you for expanding my geopolitical horizons!
Very nice summarization!
I wouldn't say the Americans lost. Holding a place like Afghanistan for 20 years with so little amount of men is pretty good. And look at the casualty count. Yes they lost many good people but still less then 2,500 Americans lost their lives. That is impressive.
Sure, impressive but the Americans failed to cross the finish line and thus quit the race
americans never lost militarily - it was more about politics
americans never respected or cared about the sensibilities of the afghans - losing support of the indigenous populations
sure they killed much more and lost little - but they also piled up fat 100 dollar stacks in tax dollars which were then thrown into a fire pit everyday
if america was willing to go all "japanese in nanaking" on the afghani asss or nazi - then sure they would have won
but imagine what they were fighting with - the best weapons in the world - support from all 4 directions and best foods etc and they fought against half hungry full time farmers , labourers , vegetable sellers etc who had outdated aks and few bullets - who ate grass literally at times.
There were a few opportunities for the US to have won, but we were never able to take advantage of them. In the end, the Afghanistan war was about locking down a lawless part of the world where global terrorism and organized crime could thrive until an opportunity would arise to dump the problem onto an adversary. The reason why we chose to leave when we did was because Russia and China would receive all the blowback from our withdrawal. Now Russia is desperate to avoid a refugee crisis in Central Asia and China is forced to pay regular bribes to the Taliban so they don't rent out their country to Uighur separatists.
That 20 years was a shame. They didn't even explained the world what they achieved I'm that 20 years. And for what??
It's not the holding of a country was the big deal, but their military strategy and the execution of that! A they were destroyed the Iraqi military and seized Bagdad literally in just days.
@@seanj4119 And a C5 can transport tons of heroin, or is it just an urban legend?
5:44 you said Kazakhstan when you probably meant Kyrgyzstan LOL. But great video anyway! Very informative and I liked the visuals, especially the map
Thank you for noting Crimean Tatars!
Hmm. This region could be an opportunity to sow disunity among Russia, China, and Iran...
there is no unity, they are only transactional relationships.
Sure hope so
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The bear, the dragon and the lion (asiatic). That would be an interesting mess.
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Ah, the Roaring 20's. It's truly fascinating to see just how much the world is changing by this war. All of the bad blood coming back with a quickness. I've been interested in the region since I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. I had no idea Russia's disgusting "resettlement" policy stretched that far back. Thanks for another great report, GTBT!
Thank you for sharing..🇺🇦❤
I somehow doubt that Peter the Great would have ended up in this position. Nobody takes Russia seriously anymore.
i'm not russian - but they still carry weight , it's foolish to undermine a state with even 10 nukes
good info.
Friendly advice from a fellow ESL: there is no B in debt pronunciation, it's pronounced "Det".
Great video. Central Asia is right to seek other partners besides Russia. I don't think war is much of a threat, as Russia is demonstrating its ineptitude daily in Ukraine. If the nations in CA can band together in a cooperative agreement, it would give them far more bargaining power with Russia or any other partner. As an American, it is easy to see the value of increasing CA's regional autonomy and development, it is just a shame that all their external options suck. China's BRI and debt trap diplomacy should warn CA nations against partnering with China under any circumstances; Iran is no better and would see CA as a potential conquest, not allies; Turkey is experiencing domestic problems of its own. Personally, I think India would be the best option, but geography hampers this option significantly. The region, being landlocked, prevents much chance of a strategic partnership with the US, and nothing short of war would be able to redraw the borders, limiting US involvement even more so than India. Which is a shame because Central Asia offers so damn much and is frankly a beautiful land with a storied history besides.
Just don't bomb CA like middle east.
,,Ineptitude" sure
The russians are retreating forward while the ukrainians are advancing backwards
Не знаю насчёт Индии, но против турков ничего не имею,всегда вели себя уважительно,так как у нас есть общая история.
If these nations were democracies they might be able to band together and protect themselves from any foreign influence. Their potential allies all carry too much baggage. I see the best bet as connecting to Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is hopefully drawing to a close, and it seems clear that these nations have little hope of joining the EU so their best bet is to bad together.
@@somebody700 Democracy is a shit system, but the best system out there. The alternative is always worse.
In the case of the US they really have a shit system. If they where a normal mutli-party system both the dem and rep parties wouldn't exist anymore.
@@somebody700 Still doesn't justify these dictatorships (although the point about a democratic central Asia being able to protect itself is definitely dubious). Neither dictatorship nor plutocracy is good for the average citizen. The meritocracies of certain Chinese dynasties were remarkably effective at moral governance over a large empire, but I doubt we'll see any sort of resurgence in that. Technocracy was an interesting concept that almost feels like a westernized version of this as well, but again that flopped due to bad timing.
@@somebody700 It seems that your perspective is based on what your view of the role of government. If the role of government is to provide government services effectively - then one may have an argument in favor of dictatorship. If the role of government is to protect the rights of its citizens - then the best answer to date is a democratic system.
Surveys like the one you referenced are dubious as those in the polling industry are well aware that they can achieve any desired result based on the questions they ask. For example, if an American is asked if they think the overturning of Roe v. Wade was good for America - they may say no based on their perception of the upheaval it caused. If they are asked whether or not they support states being able to restrict abortion - that same person may say yes based on their personal beliefs about abortion.
As a general note, pointing out the problems of the democratic system is only an effective argument if you can point to a system that doesn't have that problem and also achieves the same or better results in other areas.
@@StuffandThings_ My claim that these nations being democracies would help is based on historical fact that at least one political force will always represent a given position. So in the case of the border disputes that keep tensions high between some of the "-stans" - a nationalist party may refuse concessions, but a liberal party may support concessions. This can occur simply because opposing a position gives a political party something to campaign on.
A dictatorship has no reason to consider these reasons. Also, dictators are loath to show any form of weakness so any type of concession in favor of cohesion is less likely under these regimes.
A landlocked nation can never be a great power, doubly so when its neighbors are Russia and China.
They don't have a choice to be honest. Russia keeps threatening its nearby post soviet countries and Kazakhstan is one of them. Historically Kazakhstan and Ukraine both experienced soviet famine so they might understand each other well in some points. But on the other hand they are afraid of Russia's threat and also Kazakhstan is one of Russia's trade partner. So it's not easy for them.
I've seen videos and interviews that suggest the youth population of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are increasingly leaning toward western culture. With the advent of the Internet, they can now see what the rest of the world is like.
What western culture? Many people in Uzbekistan are interested in Arabic culture. And Turkish culture in Kazakhstan
we have had the Internet in Kazakhstan for 20 years, we are not Afghanistan for you. We are a fairly developed country and the most important thing is that we have a future than from some countries.
😂😂you first arrive in Kazakhstan and you will see that our youth is more developed and creative, modern, educated, stylish, I sometimes think why foreigners are so stupid where do they get such information from.
@a.assylbeek
There has been internet in AFG since 2000s
I am not an expert on geopolitics, but I do know for a fact because of my job (sales manager for agricultural cooperative, I go every year all over the Middle East) that Russia and Putin personally are very popular in the Arab / Muslim World. I think the most pro-Putin people are the Egyptians. I remember in Dubai, admiring Putin was the only thing that united Indians and Pakistanis !
You would find that sentiment generally all over africa, mostly because russia never participated in the crimes of colonialism nor did it force others to bend to it's will compared to what the collective west did and are still doing. It's also the same reason why for example Ireland is well liked by those same countries.
I don't think the arabs truly like anyone. They are too hypocritical to like anyone. Mostly they want to just benefit from Russia's ineptness.
@@altumurnemtzra2026 russia never forced others to bend to their will..? Ok
Yes I can confirm india is the most pro russian country in world even as our most social media is filled with love for russian and one more country which I was suprised was Indonesia it is equally pro russian as us
@@deason2365 Compared to being the operative word here.
If you dig deep enough into the past you're bound to find some shit.
Also just to let you know, I don't consider ussr to be russia, they are the bolsheviks handiwork, you and i know who the bolsheviks are.
Very nice
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Seeing the original size of the Aral sea made me sad, its almost completely gone🥲
I'm suspecting that China and many other countries might be looking at historical information, Soviet behavior. History will repeat if ignored.
Soviet military invasion campaigns (White Russian forces assisted by Red Army) occured in the Chinese northwestern region of Xinjiang in 1934, battle of Tutung and Battle of Dawan Cheng).
On August 11, 1937, Soviet ethnic Cleansing Campaign NVKD No. 00485 was ordered against Polish, systematic removal (liquidation) of all between 1937 and 1938. Removal of minorities continued from 1938 thru 1949. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, carried out deportations in 1942 (Krasnodar Krai and Sokhumi regions), 1944 (Rostov region including Georgian SSR, Armenian SSR and Azerbaijan SSR) and in 1949, any remaining in Crimea including, Greeks Turks and Dashnaks from the Black Sea coast, resulting in ethnic cleansing.
And forced deportations pickup again, over and over. Including, killings and wars. Sokhumi is a city located on a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast, both the capital and largest of the Republic of Abkhazia. Its internationally recognized and considered part of Georgia caucasus. From 1992-1993, a
large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing occured against the ethnic Georgian population in this region including war. Georgia effectively lost control over Abkhazia and the latter established as a de facto independent territory.
Notoriously, whenever Soviets want resources they simply simply take it. The city has an airport, ports and major rail junction.
Soviet governments purposefully ignore history for all regions of Europe; Sukhumi's history can be traced to the 6th century BC, settled by Greeks, who named it Dioscurias. Then, Roman period with minorities arriving. The city was named Tskhumi (Sokhumi) when it became part of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and then the Kingdom of Georgia.
Please create a long bullet list of Russian invasions, military campaigns against countries and minorities, wars that took territories, forced deportations and minorities sent to penal colonies in Siberia from 1935 thru 2022.
I love this channel.